Ladies in RACING Spring 2019 Issue 34

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Spring 2019 Issue #34

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CONTENTS 1 Contents 62 Annabel Dances with Wolves 2 From the Publisher 64 Retired Racehorses Helping Troubled Teens 4 Regular Contributors 66 Angel Rises From an Unexpected Place Samantha Clenton’s Courageous Return 6 Letters to the Publisher 68 to the Saddle Mallyon From Saddle & Silks to

8 Katelyn a Microphone Gwenda Markwell Dominates Illawarra 70 Racing Renowned as the Home of Ladbrokes 11 Cox Plate Angela Taylor’s Dream Result at the 71 Moree Picnics Star Studded Launch Party Sets the 12 Victorian Spring Racing Carnival Alight 72 Theresa’s Ever-Expanding Stable 14 Planning for an Age Without WINX 74 Girls Day Out Cup Day Nowra Fashions VRC Ambassador Georgia Connolly Jets 16 75 The Casino Cup Fashions off to Take on the Magnolia Cup 77 Weekend at Natalie’s Charmein Bukovec TBV’ s New 18 Executive Officer 78 On the Road with Sharon Lee Chapman How Well Does Your Horse Recover 20 Ally Mosley’s ‘Off the Track’ Passion 82 From Stress?

22 Racing Victoria’s First in the Class of 2019 84 Magic Millions Racing Women Poster Girl Dr Jill Colwell - an Australian Sporting 24 Treasure – Part 3 88 Girls Grammar Race Day in 34

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89 Killarney Cup Day Warwick- Fashions Ambassador Travel Melbourne Cup Eve 90 Doomben Cup Day Doomben - Fashions 35 Dinner 91 Kirin Stakes Day Eagle Farm- Fashions Ex-Tasmanian Raquel Clark Keeps 36 Stradbroke Handicap Day Eagle Farm Rising to the Challenge 92 Fashions 37 Superstar Raquel Clark Shines 93 Tattersall’s Tiara Race Day Eagle Farm- Leonie & Lyn are Looking for More Joy Fashions 38 at Flemington Lyn Beaumont Extraordinary Equine, 95 Animal and Landscape Artist The Bet365 Swan Hill Racing Carnival 40 Historic Win for Hayley Turner at 42 A Very Busy Lady is Donna Castles 96 Royal Ascot 44 For Em, it’s All About the Sash 100 Cruising – All Cruise Ships Great and Small Spring Racing Fashion with Perri Cutten 48 102 Barbara Blackie Harrolds Exclusive Millinery Salon 52 Vale Mikaela Claridge 103 A Different Designer Bag Each Week Vale Melanie Tyndall 53 With Adorn Collection 104 Zinzino Helps Balance Your Body The Token Bloke – James Tzaferis 54 105 What We Love Erika Boutique’s a Hidden Gem 56 106 Maor Zabar to Open Hattember!

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here is nothing like the arrival of Spring to put a skip in your step and a smile on your face, as we all look with great anticipation to the best racing season of the year; The Spring Racing Carnival.

Our 34th Issue of Ladies in RACING Magazine is once again full of inspiring and interesting stories of some of the great females and unsung who work in the racing industry. Since our first Issue, which was published in January 2007, we have brought to you the stories of the many ladies, young and not so young, who are in managerial and administration as well as the trainers and jockeys that help make this industry the wonderful success it is.

Many of these ladies, especially the jockeys, have made the transition from rider to the media. One such lady is ex jockey Katelyn Mallyon. Jenny McAlpine sat down with Katelyn and brings to us her story.

We are all pondering who the next Champion will be and Danny Power from Slattery Media presents his insight on “Planning for an Age Without WINX.” Dr Jill Colwell brings Part Three of her amazing life’s journey, telling how she rode in the Great Australian Camel Race. This amazing lady woman has certainly tried it all.

Ron Williams sat down with this issue’s The Token Bloke, James Tzaferis, who is currently employed in the media department of racing.com, James has been seen in many a racetrack since he was five years old.

Fashion is an integral part of racing and once again the collection from Perri Cutten does not disappoint.

With many stores across Australia and a comprehensive online shopping website, Perri Cutten make is easy for you to purchase that unique item/s that suits your style.

For those who love International designers, Harrolds is the perfect place for you to shop. They carry a wonderful range of international designer fashion, including, handbags, jewellery, accessories and footwear.

The much-anticipated movie about Michelle Payne’s ride to glory, Ride Like a Girl is being released on September 26th, 2019 in South Yarra. As a young girl, Michelle, who is played by Teresa Palmer, dreamed of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing’s toughest two-mile race in the world.

Directed by the well-known Australian actress, Rachel Griffiths, this movie is a must for all who love horse racing and following their dreams.

Congratulations to our subscription prize winners: Lloyd Menz from the ACT, plus Diana Kerr, Samantha Butter, Christine Martin and Ray Kennelly from Victoria. They have all won a $300 voucher for any upcoming Ambassador Travel Group Tour. Subscribe now for your chance to win one of six Ambassador Travel $300.00 vouchers.

To receive the latest information, Racing Carnivals with Dates and Dining Options, Fashion on the Field competitions as well as many other racing and social events, sign up to our eNewsletter at www.ladiesinracingmagazine.com.au. You will also receive all our new Special Event Racing Online Magazines that will be produced throughout the year..

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Regular Contributor Profiles SHARON LEE CHAPMAN

ROSS STEVENSON

In 2011 Sharon Lee Chapman shot to world-wide photographic prominence with her headline imagery of Banna Strand leaping into an unsuspecting audience at the Warrnambool Grand Annual.

Receiving the prestigious ‘Quill Award’ for her work that has graced many newspaper and magazine covers including the New York Times, Sharon Lee captures so many emotional and intriguing moments that really tell a story and best summarise for so many the continual allure and romance of racing.

Sharon is the Managing Director of Fast Track Photography

Ross got involved in photography when he started racing horses with his brother. Now he is one of the leading racing photographers in Australia and has had much of his work published in some of the leading horse racing publications in Australia - such as Racetrack, Best Bets, Winning Post and of course the Ladies in RACING Magazine.

Ross is a popular photographer for many Fashion on the Field competitions.

TIM GUILLE

VICTORIA SHAW

Dr JILL COLWELL MB BS (HONOURS)

Catching the thoroughbred bug from a very young age, Tim Guille has always had a passion for racing. Be it as an spectator, owner, or punter, he is never far away from the racetrack with form guide and binoculars in hand.

His writing has featured in a wide variety of publications in the thoroughbred and sporting industry over the last 7 years. He has always had a passion for people, and this has led him to focussing his writing on sharing the stories of the the people and characters that work tirelessly to make the magic happen in the sport of kings. You can tweet or follow him on twitter @timbguille or his Facebook page Behind the Barrier

As the only woman in Australia to actively broadcast live racing trackside and on TV and radio, Victoria Shaw is the first woman to go beyond the typical roles for women within racing and the media.

With former television and live radio work to her credit, Victoria continually strives to push boundaries for women within Australian racing and around the world as a race caller.

The diversity of her broadcasting opportunities have taken her from ‘off the beaten track’ to working for Arabic royalty and meeting unique and hardworking industry participants that aren't mainstream, but constantly revealing many ‘racing gems’ as a part of her quest.

Jill was born in 1952 and grew up riding horses on the family sheep property near Walgett.

She began riding track work in the 1970’s to help pay her way through Medical School. In 1977, Jill graduated from Sydney University as a doctor and has enjoyed working as a General Practitioner (GP) for most of the last forty years. Some great mentors have helped Jill pursue her other dreams, including: becoming one of the first females in Australia to gain a Professional Jockey’s licence in 1980. Representing Australia in the first World Athletic Championships in the Marathon, Helsinki 1983. Completing the Great Australian Camel Race from Ayers Rock to Gold Coast in 1988. Regaining her jockey’s licence at 61 years old to compete in Arabian Races 2013 – 2019.

JUSTIN DARCY

DALE OLSSON

DAMIEN ANTHONY ROSSI

Justin is a young and passionate racing fan, aspiring to become a racing journalist and media presenter. From the age of 6 he has been involved in racing with his parents owning horses and family owning racing syndicates.

Justin has had experience writing short articles for the local radio station and working in the racing industry with MRC.

Dale has been an avid race goer all her life.

As the former owner of Brisbane’s iconic Millinery Boutique, The Hat Box, Dale forged strong connections with members of the racing and fashion industry.

She is a multiple Fashions on the Field winner and has judged many events throughout Queensland. Over the years Dale has hosted many events and has written for both newspapers and magazines.

Damien Anthony Rossi (aka Mr Hollywood in Oz!) is a Presenter on Channel 7’s popular lifestyle program The Great Day Out and one of Queensland’s leading social and fashion influencers.

DAR is Brisbane Racing Club’s inaugural Fashion Ambassador and serves in an ambassadorial role for many high-profile annual events including the Brisbane Racing Carnival, the Effervescence Champagne Festival and the Noosa Alive! Festival.

Follow Damien @mrhollywoodinoz

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DANNY POWER

DEBBIE BURT

Danny Power has been a journalist in the racing industry for more than 40 years, including stints at The Sporting Globe, The Herald, Herald Sun, Truth and The Australian. He also has worked as a racing manager for leading trainer Lee Freedman and a bloodstock consultant.

Danny has been with The Slattery Media Group for 11 years, during which time his credits include the books The Modern Melbourne Cup (author), Racing In Australia (editor) and The Story of the Melbourne Cup (writer). He is a contributing editor and writer for Inside Racing magazine, and editor of Inside Breeding.

There a few aspects of the horseracing industry which Debbie Burt has not experienced: stud hand, stud secretary, groom, racing secretary, trainers PA, racing administrator, racing organisation PR and media executive, racehorse owner, race sponsor and trophy designer, however she has worked full-time as a freelance photographer and journalist since 2016.

Based in the UK, though travelling widely, her photographs and articles have been published in magazines and books worldwide, regularly appearing in Horse and Hound, International Thoroughbred, the French Purebred Arabian and of course Ladies in RACING.

A passionate photographer of events, performance and people…Number one love is Latin Dance but has always had a love of horse racing.

Even dreamed of being a race caller at one stage. Bob is also known as Manikatobob, Manikato being his second favourite horse after Tulloch.

Winx may have pushed Manikato to third.

A regular at major race meetings and a keen photographer and supporter of Fashions of the Field. Arguably the most prolific poster of quality photos on social media. Loves life, loves people, loves sport and above all, loves photography.

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JENNY McALPINE Born into the world of breeding on the family's Eureka Stud, QLD, Jenny has tallied many years in a marketing career for the likes of Gai Waterhouse, NSW Breeders, Coolmore, David Hayes and Adam Sangster.

Based in Melbourne she currently operates for Lindsay Park, Sky Racing and Tattersalls UK and enjoys freelance writing for the thoroughbred industry.

Beyond the archway the world at our feet and its worries far behind.

Adorned with flowers, we dance in the day a birdcage swinging; filled with people.

In a kaleidoscope of cloth and jewel a silken few ride elegant beasts.

Chasing gold as the world outside stops to watch on.

Wearing hats not to shade but to draw light to us.

We present ourselves to be preserved a moment fondly locked in time.

A festival of freedoms let loose on lounging lawns.

And whilst we hold these memories tightly, we go and let go.

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Letters Hi Cathryn,

Hi Cathryn,

I have now received my second issue of your FABULOUS publication, Ladies in RACING Magazine. The quality of this magazine is absolutely top-notch, cover to cover! It’s certainly refreshing to read about the accomplishments of so many women in the Australian horse racing industry. I have particularly enjoyed Sharon Chapman’s stunning equine photography and the tributes to the great champion Winx.

Additionally, as a US based milliner, I am thrilled to see so much attention to and appreciation of raceday fashion and HATS! I am so glad I found you and I look forward to the next issue.

I have so enjoyed your Autumn/Winter edition of the Ladies in RACING Magazine.

Especially the wonderful articles and images of WINX. We have been so privileged to have seen a true Champion Lady of Racing in WINX and she has certainly taken my breath away each time she has raced.

Kind Regards Beverley Hibbert

Sincerely yours Karen Sewell Fine Millinery and Design, New York USA Dear Cathryn After reading the stories in your magazine Ladies in RACING Spring 2018 edition, which I enjoyed very much, I was amazed when I came across the article Every Horse is Unique. As it happens my father was the Jack Laidlaw who trained Port Major.

Kay’s story brought back so many happy memories from my childhood.

It all began about 1955 when Dad moved from Footscray to Flemington and began training racehorses from his stables in the back yard.

It was hard work; Dad was up at 3 or 4 am every morning except Sundays and rode his horses to the Flemington track. When I was about 10 years old, I would go with him on the second trip in the morning about 5 am.

I would go to bed with my clothes on under my pajamas on just so I would ready quickly and not keep Dad waiting. He would ride and lead another horse which I was on. I would dream of being Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet as we crossed Ascot Vale Road and then on to the course. It was very peaceful at daybreak just the two of us, Dad was always whistling a tune.

We would get back about 7.30 am and if I had enough time, I would muck out the stables a job my mother also helped with, then it was a hearty breakfast and a half hour walk to school.

Dad had a small team of about 8 – 10 horses in work, he travelled all over Victoria to the country race meetings and had quite a bit of success.

I can remember going with and an old friend in the Chapman horse floats to these meetings. Old Mr. Taylor and I would sit in the centre compartment of the float and hold on to the horse’s leads through a small opening in their enclosure.

He had some winners at the city tracks most of them were long prices, hence some newspapers called him Long Shot Laidlaw!

Some of his horses were Valtucky, On Ice, Palm Isle, Vistina, Crystal Prince, Liberal Miss, No Say, Will Play, Royal Stone, Regroup and Hornpipe who won seven country cups.

Life was never dull and occasionally a horse would escape. One day one of Dads horses was found on Flemington Road North Melbourne near the Children’s hospital in morning traffic. It was all over the news. I remember it well because I was late to work that day as I had been driving around looking for it. When I apologized to my boss for being late and explained why. He said I’ve heard everything now!

Horses came first in our family, the classic example of this was Christmas morning when my sister, brother and myself were waiting patiently for the horses to be feed before we could give out the presents.

The horses always came first, we never had family holidays because the horses needed to be looked after and Dad didn’t like to leave them.

He was very particular about the feed he gave his horses, only the best would do. If it was raining and the house had a leaking roof Dad would check the stables first to make sure there was no leak there before repairing the house.

He was passionate about horses and we understood. In 1991 he moved his team to Allansford near Warrnambool and enjoyed the country life and did well there. As he grew older and became frail the trainers and stablehands at the Warrnambool track were very kind and helpful, they knew how much he loved training. They would step in and help him saddle up, take him to the track and never made him feel inadequate, wonderful people and I can’t thank them enough.

Dad passed away in 2012 at the age of 87.

Kind regards Denise Stanfield

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KATELYN MALLYON From Saddle & Silks to a Microphone

“Riding my first Group 1 winner was a milestone high that opened a door to spin my life”, claimed Katelyn Mallyon with a girlish grin.

Story by Jenny McAlpine Images courtesy of Inglis & Jenny McAlpine

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at all. I have my horse stabled at Centennial Park in Sydney. The Little White Cloud, who was my last Flemington winner. How about that? I am so thankful to owner Lloyd Williams to be able to have him. I love him and ride him every day, he means the world to me.”

It’s a smile that wraps round her whole 25 years. A lifetime filled with love. Horses and family engulf her heart. And as she speaks of such, she simply shines with an inner glow. You see Katelyn acknowledges her luck in life, her foundation, her family, and all the opportunities that gave her a go. She grabbed them with gusto and never gave in.

With a 100% Melbourne CV including being an avid AFL Essendon Club football fan, Katelyn Mallyon is the fourth generation of a family that toiled and triumphed and galloped the hard yards on the turf.

“My mum and dad and my grandad Pop, I owe them the world” she reiterated, recalling how humbly and hard they worked and the lessons she learned.

grin that has seen grit and grind, perseverance and passion, all through a soaring era of females in racing and in a career that shot her into success and plunged her into despair. But most of all, what shows through her sweet cheek smile is the sheer love of what she does, where she came from and who she is right now. .

Right now she is exactly where she wants to be, sitting not in the seat of a saddle for work but on that of a television set. And next to her is the best in the business with a media name. Bruce McAvaney, her media leader, mentor, colleague and friend in her blossoming broadcasting gig.

Firmly established as a co-host for live racing television coverage on Channel Seven, Katelyn describes her new career ride. “It’s just incredible. I have been on the Channel Seven coverage for major racing Carnivals throughout Australia for the past year and a half and can barely believe I am there.

“I am able to learn from the likes of Bruce and Hamish McLachlan” she explained, enthusiastically with words of praise and appreciation and genuine incredulity as to what she has become - a National television presenter, alongside big names in the game, where her former jockey insight gives her the edge. Her live commentary from her past perspective is her golden gift, delivered with devotion and a serious glimmer of glamour alongside the boys on the broadcast bench.

“I absolutely love my life. I loved my hometown Melbourne, and thought I would miss it so much when I made the change, but I moved to Sydney with my partner, James McDonald (multiple Group 1 winning jockey), and have never looked back” she claimed in her youthful, happy, kind and confident way. Emphatically adding “I haven’t hung up my boots

It began with her great-grandfather who was a steeplechase trainer and the lineage of horsemanship continued from there. Her dad, a jockey and a trainer, who she had the delight of riding three winners for at Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong. “Riding winners for my dad was and is one of the highlights of my life”, she enthused.

Katelyn’s mum was a jockey. Coming from Scotland at the age of 14, she was a top track work rider for CS Hayes and was granted a licence to race ride. “Those days in the 1970s women rode in Ladies Only Races, held now and then each year. Called Ladies Bracelets, mum actually won such a race at Moonee Valley”, she beamed with daughterly pride.

While her grandad ‘Pop’ as she fondly refers to, has been a big part of her heart and dreams. A leader and a mentor, a teacher and her guide, no man better qualified than highly honoured hoop Mick Mallyon, who won no less than three Caulfield Cups. (Bunratty Castle 1968, Gay Icarus 1971 and Leilani 1974).

With the nurture and support of her family including older brother Andrew (also a jockey), Katelyn embarked upon a riding career. At the tender age of 15 she became an apprentice jockey, nailing her first race win at 16. She became the first and remains the only female to win the Victorian Apprentices’ Premiership in 2011/12, a feat she replicated two seasons later after emerging from a horrific fall that resulted in a broken back.

Katelyn Mallyon on top of Silent Sedition her first Gr 1 winner

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“That was tough. I was 18, at the top of my world, then suddenly it came crashing down” she recalled. Literally, a fall at Flemington left her with a broken back, nine months rehabilitation, living with a neck brace and watching her apprentice jockey counterparts winning on her horses.

“I only ever wanted to be the very best jockey I could be and being sidelined for a long time, unable to even ride any horse, sent me into depression and I struggled with myself for a long time” she continued.

But with true Katelyn courage she returned on the track. Determined with a clear mind and in clear terms recalled her knowing. “I would never let it stop me, I simply love horses and the industry, but I always knew that I never had the ambition to be a jockey forever.”

Having admired the racing media gigs, and blessed with a face and a figure for fashion or fame, media movements were in her mind. She had been told if she was to ride a Group 1 winner, a job in the news would be easier to find.

And that she did. And so it began. Winning on Silent Sedition in the 2017 Group 1 William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley. Trained by Andrew Noblet, it was the pivotal point in her life. Her focus had suddenly spun.

Her illustrious career including 267 career wins, rides in two Caulfield Cups and a Melbourne Cup hit a galloping halt. It was that gold medal moment at Moonee Valley that hijacked her mind, and with silent seduction, it wrenched at her heart.

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STAR-STUDDED LAUNCH PARTY Sets the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival Alight

The 2019 Victorian Spring Racing Carnival took flight on Tuesday, August 27th when a galaxy of racing stars descended on Half Acre, in South Melbourne, to celebrate the launch of the three-month showpiece which for the first time this year offers more than $100 million in prizemoney and bonuses.

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hampion jockeys Damien Oliver, Glen Boss and Michelle Payne, whose greatest feats are inextricably linked to the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival, were amongst the stars gracing the red carpet alongside Gai Waterhouse, the first lady of Australian racing v whose training feats and exuberant personality have made her a national icon.

Equine stardust was added by Might and Power, who during an illustrious career on the track claimed seven Group 1s including three of Australian racing’s major prizes: the Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup (both 1997) and Cox Plate (1998).

Racing Victoria’s Chairman Brian Kruger with Might and Power

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Michelle Payne and Damien Oliver

All three current trophies were present, together with several country cups and the coveted silverware which will be awarded to the winners of four other feature races during this year’s Spring Racing Carnival: the Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas, Seppelt Mackinnon Stakes, AAMI Victoria Derby and Kennedy Oaks.

MC Hamish McLachlan oversaw the proceedings, which were jointly opened by Racing Victoria (RV) Chairman Brian Kruger and the Hon. Martin Pakula, Victoria’s Minister for Racing.

“We are thrilled to celebrate the arrival of the most exciting three months of the year, the Spring Racing Carnival, which sees the best horses, trainers and jockeys converge on Victoria for Australia’s greatest racing period,” said Kruger.

Glen and Sloane Boss

“The Spring Racing Carnival has a rich history and we want racing fans to join us this year in celebrating its greatest moments, as we get ready to anoint the stars and create new chapters in Australia’s greatest sporting novel.

“Great moments are made on racetracks across Victoria each spring, and this year will be no different.

“This Saturday at Caulfield marks the first of 13 weekends of first-

Michelle Payne and Damien Oliver

class racing, and we are very proud to showcase 21 elite Group 1 races, 26 country cups and a record 16 races worth at least $1 million during the 2019 Victorian Spring Racing Carnival.”

The curtain on this year’s carnival was officially raised on Saturday 31 August, when Caulfield hosted Moët & Chandon Memsie Stakes Day, featuring the Group 1 New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes (1400m).

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Planning for an Age

WITHOUT WINX Danny Power reported that we are in a Winxless age for the first time in the Melbourne Spring since 2015. While the evergreen Group 1 geldings Hartnell and Happy Clapper (yes, they are back in work) will receive rare clean air rather than the whoosh of wind as Winx left them behind, we need to find more Spring talent.

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oor Mystic Journey; not only will she carry the expectation of the Apple Isle on her firm little back, but riding along will be the hope of race fans Australia-wide that she can fill the void left by the irrepressible Winx, after four seasons of her dominance in the Cox Plate and other Group 1 races.

The champion mare is in retirement and will spend the springtime far from the madding crowd, in the court of star stallion I Am Invincible at Yarraman Park Stud, near Scone in the Hunter Valley.

The tough old geldings Happy Clapper (in Sydney) and Hartnell (in Melbourne) lost few admirers for consistently chasing Winx home.

Godolphin’s Hartnell, now nine, is back in work with trainer James Cummings and Melbourne is likely to be where he’s more comfortable.

That leaves Sydney for Happy Clapper, also nine, who’d rather chase Winx than drink Melbourne water.

Hartnell however, must contend with Mystic Journey. She became the first Tasmanian-trained Group 1 (equivalent) winner since Desire; trained by Don Virtue near Launceston—won the 1912 Newmarket Handicap.

Mystic Journey won the Australian Guineas at Flemington last Autumn, before beating Hartnell in the $5 million All-Star Mile at the same track.

Her trainer Adam Trinder said, “Mystic Journey, who cost only $11,000 as a yearling, has been an open book when it comes to the Spring in Melbourne, the $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley, on October 26th, is the end game; the likely start to a traditional Weight-

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for-Age (WFA) program is the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on July 27th.

Dominant performances in these races will spark a huge following for her from the media and the public on her road to the Cox Plate and a worthy slice of racing history for Tasmania; as well as a new $1 million bonus, having won the All-Star Mile.

Unfortunately, Mystic Journey looks to be the only newcomer to enter the WFA ranks after the retirement of last season’s star colt, The Autumn Sun to Arrowfield Stud. Maybe the Doncaster Handicap winner Brutal, who is a rising star, will be a worthy challenger for Mystic Journey in those early weight-for-age races over 1400m if the Hawkes family of trainers think he’s ready for such an assignment.

The promising mares Fundamentalist, Unforgotten and Nakeeta Jane and the underrated gelding Dreamforce, (although he’s likely to remain in Sydney until after running in the Epsom Handicap) are also on the weight-for-age radar.

From New Zealand will come Murray Baker on his annual pilgrimage with his training partner Andrew Forsman. Murray has a big opinion of Madison County, who ran so well in Sydney in the Autumn after an interrupted campaign due to a failed sale to Hong Kong.

Madison County will be in Melbourne early as part of a small team with the weight-for-age races in mind, leading into either the Group 1 Stella Artois Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 19th or the Cox Plate.

Also expected to be on a weight-for-age campaign over 1400m-2000m will brilliant mare Amphitrite, who will be better for her Autumn campaign with the Lindsay Park team; Anthony Freedman’s recent arrival Ringerdingding, who will appreciate returning to Melbourne’s left-handed racing; and Night’s Watch, who is ready to blossom. He is now with Chris Waller after an Autumn campaign for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace.

The Exciting 3YOs Boom Sydney filly Funstar (by Adelaide), who it is said is the only other horse to give trainer Chris Waller a Winx-like tingle when she won a brace of races in Sydney in June, is likely to campaign in Sydney until the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on October 12th . Be warned that Waller has said the filly is not as robust as Winx, so she might have a light Spring campaign. Her Guineas rivals will be Loving Gaby for Maher and Eustace, plus Godolphin’s Tenley, Kiamichi, Exhilarates and Lyre.

Lady Lupino, trained by Danny O’Brien, is a headstrong filly with raw talent. Her third behind Castelvecchio after setting a hectic pace in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m, Randwick) in April was a bottler.

She could be a star.

One from left field could be Talented, trained by Peter and Paul Snowden for Yulong Investments. The Snitzel filly came from well back for second behind Microphone in the Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington in February and that form was franked when Microphone proved to be one of the highest ranking 2YO colts.

It will be interesting to see what Godolphin and Cummings do with Microphone and their highly rated Tassort, who missed the big Autumn events due to injury. Will they be trained for the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 12th, or kept for shorter distances to include the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Derby Day, or will Cummings split them?

They may have to be at the top of their game to beat the rising star, the Hawkes-trained Exceedance. Two colts expected to play a big part in the Spring are Champagne Stakes winner Castelvecchio, trained by Anthony Cummings, and the Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) winner Prince Fawaz, trained by Richard Litt—connections of both colts are eyeing the Guineas and a possible run in the Cox Plate. Both have star factor.

Other colts on the Caulfield Guineas trail include Waller’s Yes Yes Yes and Accession, the Snowdens’ Cosmic Force and the Anthony Freedman-trained pair Super Seth and Chenier.

Staying the Distance Much attention will be on the promising Surprise Baby, winner of the Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) in March. Trainer Paul Preusker is aiming the 5YO gelding towards the Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) and claims he has a few tricks up his sleeve to get the son of Shocking into the field Surprise Baby just failed to get an automatic start in the Cup when nosed out by Steel Prince in the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington on May 25th. The Group 3 The Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington on October 5th is his chance for a ticket into the field.

A Melbourne Cup preview would be incomplete without owner Lloyd Williams and his partners being involved. One of the most exciting winners last spring was Yucatan in the Group 2 Herbert Power Handicap (2400m, Caulfield) for trainer Aidan O’Brien. He dodged the Caulfield Cup before starting favourite in the Melbourne Cup, but didn’t reproduce his Power run when 11th behind Cross Counter.

Yucatan joins Caulfield Cup runner-up Homesman as part of Williams’ team trained by Liam Howley, although two high-class horses from the Joseph O’Brien stable in Ireland; Latrobe and Buckhurst; will have the Melbourne Cup on their agenda.

Godolphin’s Avilius is an interesting horse. He failed in last year’s Cup (22nd) but had a torrid run. He was terrific in Sydney in the Autumn, winning the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) and the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m); both at Rosehill Gardens; and James Cummings has the option of a Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup campaign or going for the Cox Plate now that Winx isn’t around.

The Hawkes-trained import Supernova had a light Autumn but showed promise. He could be a lightweight Caulfield Cup chance if he can make the field. Waller’s enigmatic but brilliant Verry Elleegant is easily the best of the 4YO’s transitioning into open grade and what she lacks in temperament and pedigree she makes up for with sheer talent.

Kings Will Dream, who hasn’t raced since injuring his pelvis in last year’s Cox Plate, is now with Waller in Sydney and reports of a return to form are promising.

Watch out for the Baker-Forsman-trained The Chosen One, who is aiming for the Cups.

The Speed Machines Anthony Freedman is likely to follow his past campaigns with Australia’s highest ranked sprinter Santa Ana Lane; a light spring leading into The Everest (1200m) on October 19th at Royal Randwick and the VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) on the final day of Cup week at Flemington.

There doesn’t seem to be a newcomer emerging that can knock him off, although the powerhouse filly from last season, Tony McEvoy’s Sunlight, will be a force. She’s tough, so don’t be surprised if she’s even better this season despite tough campaigns as a 2YO and a 3YO. Pierata, trained by Greg Hickman, has been kept from the breeding barn to campaign as a 5YO; with the sprint races as his target; and James Cummings has already said that his big mare Alizee will be kept to sprinting in the Spring, along with his consistently luckless gelding Osborne Bulls.

Redzel will try for a third win in The Everest, although he could flip back and forth between Sydney and Melbourne during his campaign, as will the mare In Her Time.

Nature Strip, who just held off Pierata in the Group 1 Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens, is yet to completely prove himself at the elite level.

There is no faster horse in training.

There also is a boom on the Hawkes-trained Sesar. Spirit Of Valor, who campaigned so well for Aidan O’Brien last year, finishing second behind Brave Smash in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at The Valley, has been left in Melbourne with Maher and Eustace. He should be ready for the spring sprints.

The Winter Wonder Trainer Robbie Laing has unearthed a promising staying colt in Fabulanski, a son of Robbie’s 2013 Victoria Derby winner Polanski.

Fabulanski, who is the image of his sire, showed tremendous grit and staying power to win the Listed Taj Rossi (1600m) at Flemington on July 6th. He believes he’s the ideal horse to win him another Derby.

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GEORGIA CONNOLLY’S Glorious Adventure

The Victoria Racing Club’s Ambassador, Georgia Connolly, became the first Australian to ride in the ladies-only charity race for Amateurs, the Magnolia Cup, at the famous Glorious Goodwood Festival in the United Kingdom (UK) on August 1st.

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TIM GUILLE from Inside Racing spoke with Georgia and traced her journey.

Images by Karon Photography and Dan Castona hat kicked off your passion for horses from a young age?

My mum lived next to Caulfield racecourse as a child and used to sneak over to feed and pat the horses as often as she could, eventually she became an owner of a horse. I guess her love transferred to me and I think I was asking my parents for a Pony from about three years old. I was very lucky that I finally received one. My Pony came from (trainer) David Brideoake and even after wevmoved into the suburbs away from our farm, I was still riding as much as I could and eventually joined a Pony Club and started competing, which I really enjoyed.

I was incredibly fortunate to have the support of the Victoria Racing Club and so proud to represent them. It was also an honour to receive the invitation from Goodwood. The whole experience was little surreal, to be honest, and I’m sure I will be talking about it for many years to come.

Glorious Goodwood was a wonderful racing carnival.

What were some of your achievements?

Riding in a race is obviously vastly different from recreational riding. How was the training and preparation for you?

I was lucky to have a great coach in Olympian Amanda Ross and a wonderful Off The Track horse. They took me all the way from Pony Club to the top echelon of Eventing. I was National Young Eventing Rider of the Year when I was 16, which was a huge thrill. I was on a fabulous horse and able to be competitive at a National level against some high-class

Riding performance horses versus racehorses is incredibly different.

Race riding requires you to be street smart and effective, not necessarily riding to look pretty and perfect. I undertook a few months of training and fitness work in preparation for this and was lucky to have some time with people like Victorian apprentice jockey coach, Darren Gauci, jockey

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eventers, so it was a very positive time that I look back on fondly.

You were invited to take part in this year’s Magnolia Cup. How incredible was that opportunity?

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6am – 8.30am

VRC Ambassador Georgia Connolly and the 2019 Melbourne Cup at her Mornington Peninsula home

Ben Melham and trainer Jason Warren to help me along the way. They were all terrific to work with. I also was able to spend 10 days leading up to the race at UK trainer George Baker’s Robin’s Farm stable getting to know the horse I was going to ride, Harry Hurricane (who raced as Gallant Trade), who won the race the previous year, which was a fantastic experience.

The race must have been incredible?

It was awesome and just so much fun and I wish I could do it all over again. I remember being asked after the race if it was the fastest I’d ever ridden on a horse and how it felt. I don’t really recall thinking about how fast I was going, I just remember thinking how can I go any faster? The competitiveness really kicked in for me. My horse was travelling so well, and it was a great feeling to be passing people during the race. I was right in the mix, but he just ran out of legs. But I had an incredible time. I know I had a huge grin on my face at the end.

You had the winning rider, Khadijah Mellah (the 18-year-old who wore a hijab) in the 12-horse field, pass you late in the race. Can you recall that moment?

I think I gave her the perfect tow into the race. I remember getting to walk the track prior to the race and one of the Clerks of the Course suggested to me to be positioned near the outside rail as it was the better going. During the race that is where I was, and I can remember thinking at one stage, I was clear of everyone else, but that was when Khadijah went past me. I think she knew she was going to win at that point; I could hear her crying

Georgia with Gai Waterhouse

with excitement, which was amazing to witness. She is a remarkable girl and had not long been on a horse, so it was an incredible achievement.

Now you are back in Australia, are you looking forward to being part of the VRC Spring Carnival again?

It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Melbourne. The Melbourne Cup itself is just amazing. It’s a race that always stands out for me and I can remember it fondly growing up. I am incredibly fortunate nowadays to be part of it all. Having experienced other great Carnivals such as Glorious Goodwood, you feel an even greater appreciation of just how great Melbourne Cup week is.

You have always been a racing fan. Are there any horses that have been a favourite of yours?

My grandpa was an avid race fan and I can remember spending time watching racing all over Australia with him and then going to pick up his winnings. I’ve grown up my whole life watching the races and really enjoy it. Like many, Winx has been a standout for me. But I do receive great pleasure watching my own horses race now, even if it is in a country maiden. It is just so much more exciting watching one of your own, that’s for sure. I am also starting to breed a few runners. I have one gelding that is yet to race and I am doing some homework on who I might put my mare in foal to. It’s all very exciting, that side of it.

The Magnolia Cup (1100m) raised more than $300,000 for the medical research Charity, Wellbeing Of Women.

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New TBV Executive Officer Charmein Bukovec with Galileo in June

CHARMEIN BUKOVEC TBV’s New Executive Officer

Charmein Bukovec is shattering glass ceilings. As the newest Executive Officer of Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV), not only is she one of the first females in the position, but she is also one of a few ladies across any industry in Australia to hold such a position under the age of 30.

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Story by Tai Ryan • Images by Charmein Bukovec and Racing Photos

s the Victorian arm of Thoroughbred Breeders Australia, TBV is the peak industry and representative body for Victorian thoroughbred breeders. The TBV Committee, headed up by President and Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm’s James O’Brien, works with its members and stakeholders to promote a sustained and successful breeding industry in the State.

Growing up in Melbourne, Charmein’s family regularly made the trip back to her mother’s home country of Ireland, her first was to celebrate her first birthday. It was in the Emerald Isle that her love affair with horses began.

“I remember being on Nan’s farm playing with the cattle and horses,” recalled Charmein.

“My uncle would take me around the paddocks, bareback on a pony that he’d borrow from the local Castle. I was bucked off a few times, but he would always say to get up and mount again. Whilst they aren’t involved in horse racing, my family love watching the races and the National Hunt.”

“My parents would ride hacks on the weekend and my dad bought me a rocking horse for my sixth birthday. They say horses are part of an Irish person’s soul and my love affair with horses definitely started young!”

Charmein started her career in the corporate sector, working in High Performance management, Customer Management and experience and improving team cultures across Australia and New Zealand.

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“In 2015 I was working for an American owned company when I was approached on LinkedIn by a member of Racing Victoria’s HR team about a job opportunity,” said Charmein. “It came through when LinkedIn was still relatively new and I initially thought it was spam!”

Agreeing to an interview and quickly realising she could combine her passion for horses with her business skills, she jumped at the opportunity and accepted the role of Racing Victoria’s Customer First Team Lead.

Her work here gave Charmein a great insight into many aspects of the industry – the success stories, the challenges and the unique offerings such as the breeding industry’s Victorian Owner & Breeder Incentive Scheme (VOBIS) program. Amongst other initiatives, it was under Charmein’s guidance that Racing Victoria implemented the Syndicate online renewal process, which was rolled out nationally.

“I’ve been fortunate to always have had very supportive colleagues and managers around me,” said Charmein. “The Board at TBV is phenomenal and we have some strong amazing people helping to drive and change the industry. While we are making change, I still think our industry has a long way to go to make it an even playing field for all.”

Charmein credits coming from a very female-centric family as inspiration and a massive foundation that has enabled her through a lot of the challenges she has faced in her work life.

“One of the strongest ladies I know personally is my Nana. She came from an era in Ireland where men were in charge, but she was different. She ran the farm with my Grandfather, taking charge and helped build it up to be a very successful farm at that time in Ireland. As a child, my Father also instilled in me the values that I still hold dear today, such as loyalty and integrity.”

(Charmein’s father passed away from Motor-Neurone Disease when she was only eight-years old).

When asked if there is one stand-out issue that the industry needs to tackle, Charmein took a moment to think about the question.

“There are so many things I’d like to focus on,” said Charmein.

“Welfare is dear to my heart. We do a lot for our horses but I don’t think the general public realise exactly what we do. We need to bridge the gap between our Racing and Breeding Industries and the general public. I think we are really good at talking about it amongst ourselves, but not so much to the general public. When you’re riding or working with a horse, there’s a complete level of trust from both sides and it is sad that the general public do not have enough exposure to these beautiful animals. If we become irrelevant and don’t bring new people on board, that is a definite threat to the future of our industry.”

Charmein with connections after Halvorsen won at The Valley in January.

As well as improving the industry’s public image, Charmein also believes in creating Educational Programs for young people, especially females, to encourage people into the industry.

“I’d love to see the creation of a Training Centre for Excellence one day. I never knew I could make a career in this industry or know where to even begin to look for a role. Had I known, I would have been in this industry a lot earlier. It’s the best industry to work in, such a community, with so many opportunities.”

In late July, Charmein spoke to a group of 30 women about to embark on racing’s Women’s Mentoring Program. Run in partnership with Tabcorp and Racing Victoria, the 12-week program is designed to improve gender equality in the racing industry, whilst engaging, growing and retraining women in the industry.

Charmein was a mentee graduate in the 2018 program and it was through connections and learnings made within the group that she credits with the opportunity of applying for the TBV role.

Charmein Bukovec and Joanne Bucknell (Racing Photos).

What advice would she give to young women either already working or looking to get into the industry?

“When thinking about your goals, where you are now is only temporary. It’s only a stepping stone to where you want to be, so stay true to yourself and back yourself,” Charmein advises.

“Learn and be open to as many opportunities as you can. Know your values and your morals and don’t let anyone push you to compromise them. Work hard and it will all pay off. Ultimately, stay kind and just be a good person.

Your family aren’t going to remember you for your job title.”

Outside of the racing and breeding industries, Charmein is heavily involved in Melbourne’s Irish community, and is a member of the Irish Chamber of Commerce and the Victorian Wakeful Club. She credits her experiences with the Rose of Tralee, an international event billed as a celebration of modern young Irish women, as a great foundation for public speaking and getting pushed out of your comfort zone. So much so, she challenged herself by playing Danny Boy on saxophone to a crowd of 400 Irish people solo.

Having already achieved so much in her short career, Charmein has a plan in sight for the future, but also doesn’t let this limit new opportunities that may come her way.

“I grew up wanting to be a Veterinarian or a Lawyer prosecuting for children’s rights. As a child, I would collect any sick dogs or cats and bring them home, my mother was forever calling their Owners, however my career led me into the business world. I did work experience with the Victorian Courts and realised I would become too attached to the cases and so it wouldn’t work with my personality. I know I won’t leave the industry, but I’ve always wanted to make a difference. If I’m not working towards the greater good, it doesn’t make much sense to me.”

Charmein Bukovec with her cousin Ellie Vagg.

As she is currently also completing her Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Victoria University, Charmein does not have a lot of spare time but she when she does, she loves nothing more than switching off the phone and getting to the great outdoors to hike, ride or read a good book under the shade of a tree.

Over the past few years Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria has gone from strength to strength, and under the leadership of Charmein, it looks set to soar to new heights.

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ALLY MOSLEY’S ‘Off The Track’ Passion

Ally Mosley’s love for the thoroughbred has seen some incredible off the track stories shared

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Story by Justin Darcy • Image courtesy Racing Victoria

etired racehorses is a passion for the young and determined Ally Mosley, not just a job. Sometimes the industry faces tough times, but the work Ally does for the incredible ‘Off The Track’ program certainly shines a positive light.

“We are promoting the versatility and athleticism of thoroughbreds, so that others can take the opportunity to showcase their off the track mount and, ultimately, increase the percentage of rehomed horses in Victoria.”

Off The Track is a Racing Victoria program that helps rehome horses and give them a new lifestyle competing in other events such as Show Jumping and Dressage. Ally is the media face of ‘Off The Track’ and is making a huge impact on the incredible numbers of rehomed horses in Victoria.

Ally grew up as an equestrian, riding as much as possible until the age of 18 where she went to university and lived in the USA. While in the USA, Ally would snowboard in Colorado for six months, and then present the snow reports back in Australia which was a passion of hers from her teen years to her early 20s.

Ally has helped develop and evolve this program to something that truly showcases thoroughbred talents and abilities after their racing career, to the degree of these horses are even competing on a world stage.

Ally also participated in some voluntary work while in Colorado at a rescue ranch called Zuma’s that saved horses from slaughter trucks.

These horses were in a bad way, but while this experience was certainly something she will never forget, she learnt about natural horsemanship, where they don’t use bits or gear that will control, but rather bitless bridles and gear that still lets a horse behave in its natural manner.

Ally said, “Off The Track thoroughbreds can do everything and anything better than most of the other breeds, and we love sharing the stories, whether that be in eventing, show jumping or polo.

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“It was all about learning the way a horse can talk to you and how you can talk to them, and that’s kind of what natural horsemanship is. From there I didn’t want to snowboard anymore,” she said.

“I wanted to play with horses. I came back to Australia at around twenty-three and within a month I had rescued an off the track thoroughbred from the paddock and began working for this incredible program a couple of years later.”

Ally’s job for ‘Off The Track’ is being on camera, meeting those who are competing in events with off the track horses and showcasing their touching stories from their racing career to what their off the track life entails.

“I go to shows and events that feature Off The Track horses and share the stories of what the guys and girls have done with their thoroughbred, from where they have come from in the racing world to where they are going in their secondary career.

“I’ll then do written stories and video pieces for our Off The Track social pages. It’s my favourite thing, I love it! I get to see what these amazing thoroughbreds can do every weekend.”

A very notable on the track champion and off the track star is Lankan Rupee, who Alley did an incredible piece on early this year. She said, “He is a funny character, he knows he’s beautiful, that’s why he makes such a good show horse because he knows he’s good looking. He’s very much like ‘I’m Lankan and you guys have to look after me’, he’s such a funny horse.”

One of Alley’s most inspiring pieces was about a Tasmanian thoroughbred named Clifford who raced as Sidespin. He ran last in two trials and was then taken by a young lady in Sydney and has since been taken over to Kentucky for the Land Rover Kentucky three-day event which is the pinnacle of eventing.

Alley said “It’s top level eventing. He came 26th which was massive, and now they have the opportunity to make it onto the Australian Olympic team for Tokyo 2020. Stories like that is what I think is most exciting and why I love working for this special program.”

As for women in racing, someone that Ally sees as a role model is Lizzie Jelfs. Ally said, “She is someone who has not come from a racing background and has worked her way up in the racing industry and is now doing the mounting yard previews for Sydney. She is a mentor for those trying to find their way into the industry, if they are willing to work hard for what they want.”

Ally concluded “As for me, it’s really heart-warming when I have girls come up to me and say ‘Hey I have an off the track thoroughbred and I love what you do’. You don’t realise how many people are watching and the impact you can have on people who love what I do and the racing industry as a whole.”

It is certainly safe to say that Ally is an inspiration for not only young people watching the racing industry evolve, but for all race and horse lovers, as she looks to continually increase the numbers of rehomed horses in Victoria.

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RACING VICTORIA’S

FIRST IN THE CLASS OF 2019 On the surface it was a run-of-the-mill winter race on a country track, but the smile on Carleen Hefel’s face after she had ridden a winner, showed it was more than that to her; much more.

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Story courtesy Slattery Media Group – It first appeared in Inside Racing Magazine.

anny Power said, “A breakthrough win brings a smile to the face of rider Carleen Hefel, and Matt Ellis, a journalism student who went behind the scenes at Racing Victoria’s Apprentice Jockey Training Program.

It was 29-year-old Carleen’s first meeting as an apprentice jockey, at Moe on June 27th, and her last-to-first win on Influential Girl was a dream realised for her.

She fell for horses as a child and over the past 10 years she rode trackwork for Enver Jusufovic before involvement in jump-outs and trials for him and other trainers. v Her smile shone through as she crossed the line, widened as she returned to scale and didn’t leave her face until well after she was congratulated by friends and family at the track.

“It’s a really good feeling,” she told Racing.com on camera. “Actually, in the run I thought I was too far back. I said I won’t panic; I’ll get to the outside and keep asking (Influential Girl for an effort).

“She kept on going to the line.” Influential Girl, a $6.50 chance trained by Robbie Griffiths at Cranbourne, won the 1117-metre Benchmark 64 race

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by almost two lengths. Carleen, who had finished fourth at her one earlier ride—Quenton, also in the market at $4; said she hadn’t been expecting a win, despite the prices. “To get one is just amazing,” she said. vCarleen, a mature-age apprentice, told racenet.com.au that she was happy to have done other things before her apprenticeship, saying: “I’ve done everything I had to do and I’m not going into it as an 18-year-old and not really knowing much. I’ve had all this experience and am confident in who I am.

“I had early plans of being a jockey, but I never followed it through. But I carried on in racing and about 18 months ago Julien put me in the right position. He really helped me get back to that dream.” Julien is Julien Welsh, to whom she is apprenticed at Cranbourne (where he trains Quenton).

Griffiths Racing’s Beth Schroen was delighted for Carleen. “I don’t think I have been so excited by a win before,” she said. “For us to give Carleen her first winner after she has done so much work for us is just sensational.

“She has always put in the hard yards; she is the first to front up every morning and she never complains. She has a lot of talent; all she needs now is rides and experience.”

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As well as Carleen’s own breakthrough, it was the initial success for the class of 2019, the latest intake of budding jockeys in Racing Victoria’s Apprentice Jockey Training Program (AJTP). Carleen was the first to the races in a class of 10, that has five other females and the sons of three champion jockeys among its four males.

The apprentices whose fathers have ridden Group 1 winners are: Jaden Lloyd (17), whose dad Jeff has dominated the Queensland racing circuit, winning multiple premierships, including 2018-19; Will Price (19), whose father Simon won two South Australian Oaks in the 1990s; and Campbell Rawiller (18), whose father Nash and uncle Brad each have a Caulfield Cup among multiple elite successes.

Will they or any of this year’s group join an elite list of AJTP graduates with Group 1 and metro premiership wins, such as Craig Williams, Brenton Avdulla and Blake Shinn?

The new group’s coach is Darren Gauci, who won three Victorian metropolitan premierships as an apprentice (1983-84, 1984-85 and 198586) and then one as a senior rider in 1995-96.

“They’re a pretty advanced group,” Darren said of his 10 students. “They’ve already started racing in practice races (jump-outs). They’re progressing very well and I’m sure they all will be successful.”

As well as working in stables each day, the apprentices attend classes at Racing Victoria’s Flemington headquarters two days each month.

Matt Ellis said, “Like the apprentices, I’m learning my trade; I’m in my third year of my Bachelor of Media and Communications (Sport Journalism) at La Trobe University; and writing about my visit to a midweek AJTP session was part of the process.

To my non-racing eye, they looked to be an advanced group when they sat on the program’s mechanical horses, riding with ease at racing pace. A few minutes later it was my turn and I quickly learnt that we were worlds apart; I was holding on for dear life, even with the mechanical horse going at a slow speed.

Over four years the class will learn from Darren, Alf Matthews (the other coach, who was appointed after my visit) and others on what it takes to become the best jockey, and person, they can both on and off the track.

It was clear from the moment I walked into the classroom at Flemington that they were being taught to become not just better jockeys, but also better people. Most came up to shake my hand, and they showed the same level of respect to each visitor.

I probably received more respect than I deserved; they didn’t laugh at me while I was on the mechanical horse, which would have been very easy to do so. The apprentices are supportive of one another and friendships have been formed quickly, especially at Mornington where those based there try to catch up when time permits.

“There are a few of us in Mornington based at different stables and it’s great to have friends around,” said Kiran Quilty, apprenticed to Shane Nichols.

Also at Mornington are Matthew Cartwright, with his grandmother Lyn Tolson and his mother Leonie Proctor; Celine Gaudray, with Pat Carey; v . and Campbell Rawiller, who is with Logan McGill Off-track, the program focuses on dealing with the media and managing finances and wellbeing, and on issues that affect all young people.

For example, with jockeys needing to do a lot of driving to get to race meetings, the course offers a driving class on a simulator.

There are one-on-one discussions on performance plans, sport psychology, physiotherapy and nutrition. The young riders also analyse race vision to see the good moves; and the bad; made by jockeys.

Campbell Rawiller watches races in class and at home and sees this as a great tool. “The amount of homework you can do watching pre- and postrace really gives you the ability to train your mind,” he said.

Jaden Lloyd, as a child, travelled the globe; Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa and Mauritius; watching his father Jeff compete. Now Jeff, who retired on July 13th, will watch and help guide his son. Jaden is apprenticed to dual Melbourne Cup-winner David Hayes at the Lindsay Park stables of the training partnership that includes David’s son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig. Jaden’s cousin Chad Schofield was a champion apprentice in Melbourne in 2012-13 with David Hayes and in Sydney in 2011-12 under David Payne. Jaden has ridden at several sets of trials, and at Cranbourne on June 18th he won one on the Hayes-trained Torba and was placed in another six.

Will Price became involved in racing after watching his father, Simon, ride in South Australia. He started doing track work in 2017 after completing year 12. “It was hard to focus while in school and to stop thinking about getting out here (on the racetrack), that was probably the biggest challenge,” he said.

Will, apprenticed to his uncle, Ballarat trainer Dan O’Sullivan, also enjoys the social aspect of the class. “I love getting to know all the other apprentices when you come down and hang out with them in class,” he said. He is absorbing all the information that is coming his way, saying: “At the moment.

I’ve been working with (multiple Group 1 winner) Johnny Allen in Ballarat. He’s been really good to me helping me with my jump-outs and gallops.”

BREAKOUTS - From two wheels to four legs Motocross racing isn’t the most natural pathway to becoming a jockey, but for Matthew Cartwright, that was part of his journey. “Before I started riding horses, I raced at A Grade level and went to the Australian and Victorian championships,” he said. He was 12th in the Australian 100-125cc titles.

Horses were a big part of his upbringing too, with father Rikki Cartwright a jockey. “In the last year I was riding motocross I started riding racehorses every morning, helping Mum and Nana out,” Matthew said. “I wanted to become a jockey and chose this pathway.”

Balancing is a tough act Laura Lafferty (20) comes into racing with a famous name; her grandfather Kevin, was a legendary trainer in Warrnambool and her father, Peter, was a jockey and now trains at the ’Bool. Laura faces the vchallenge of balancing her apprenticeship with studying online for a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science/Bachelor of Business (Sport Management) at Deakin University.

“It gets really hard, but I’m studying part-time, which makes things a bit easier,” she said. “I have a really great support like Mum and Dad and they literally do everything for me. “My partner and his parents help us out with driving; they help from the smallest to the biggest of things.”

Laura is apprenticed to Pinecliff trainer Grahame Begg. She is a keen athlete who has competed in triathlons. She wants to do physiotherapy, specialising in rehabilitation, later in life. She plans to take a break from her studies when she completes her upcoming exams to focus on her riding.

- Coaches Darren Gouchi (left) and Alf Matthews (right) with - Carleen Hefel Julian Welsh; Laura Lafferty Grahame Begg; Emily Brown Matthew Williams; Celine Gaudry Pat Carey; Kiran Quilty Shane Nichols front row - Will Price Dan O’Sullivan; Campbell Rawiller Logan McGill; Jaden Lloyd Lindsay Park; Kayla Atkinson Alicia Macpherson; Matthew Cartwright Lyn Tolson & Leonie Proctor back row

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Dr Jill Colwell - always happy with a horse above: Jill at a young 62 years in January 2015 with Arabian Racehorse Hazeldene Estina right; Jill at 12 months

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An Australian Sporting Treasure - Part 3 Iconic Australian racehorse trainers, Theo Green and T.J. Smith will always guarantee you a racing headline. Add in Olympic champion marathon runner, Robert de Castella and your headline is starting to become the foundation for a sporting documentary or even a movie script.

Foreword by Victoria Shaw • Main story and images courtesy Dr Jill Colwell

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ut, what about a woman who has been mentored by them all?

A young woman on the edge of her remarkable adult life in an astonishing period in Australian history that saw immense social reform for women – the 1970s. A decade that was punctuated with social commentary by public intellectual and renowned feminist - Germaine Greer. Yet a young Dr Jill Colwell was not shouting her accomplishments from the roof tops, far from it. A quiet achiever is the only way to describe Jill, a gifted, gentle soul who was guided by some of the world’s best while at the same time completing a medical degree and unknowingly being a female trailblazer in many areas of Australian working life, breaking through barriers for women.

Dr Jill Colwell’s life is extraordinary, so much so that I have asked Jill to convey to Ladies in Racing Magazine readers in her own words her life time account. Reading through the first of a three part series you can’t help but be impressed with her profound passion, hard work and determination that underpins her very existence, compounded with a degree of humility and wit that you will only find in someone that hails from the Australian bush.

Both a professional and amateur jockey; acclaimed local and international track work rider; Australia’s first female representative marathon runner; doctor of medicine as well as being a race caller’s daughter – Dr Jill Colwell may not have won a Melbourne Cup, but she is very much a champion.

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A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Dr Jill Colwell for the first time. A former professional and now amateur jockey, she has developed a love for Arabian horses. Although I have got to know Jill in the later stages of her life, you would never guess her age by watching Dr Colwell contest a race. The first time I actually called an event that featured Jill riding, her tenacity tempered with great skill and balance would rival the best jockeys – a third of her age. Now in her mid60s Jill is successfully enjoying her time in the saddle again with an amateur jockey’s licence. However, amateur is certainly not a word that is befitting of her ability or experience. Dr Jill Colwell’s life has been filled with both professional and Olympic level sporting successes as well as her scholastic attainments that set her apart from most of us especially with a career in medicine. Additionally, many of Jill’s sporting and medical achievements were also inaugural moments or near first time occurrences for Australian working women.

I think it is a sure bet, that you will enjoy reading about Dr Jill Colwell’s fascinating life story as much as I do.

Victoria Shaw.

Race caller & HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Arabian racing journalist of the year 2015.

The Great Australian Camel Race – April 23rd to July 16th, 1988

n 1984, new opportunities were opening for Australian females in many occupational and sporting fields. They could now become professional jockeys. For the first time, the Olympics would include a 42.2 km Marathon road run for female athletes in 1984.

I had already run an Olympic qualifying time for the Marathon.

However, I suffered a stress fracture in my pelvis during training and the injury ended my dreams of representing Australia at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. My bone fracture healed eventually, but the subsequent painful muscular imbalances forced me to give up most things, including running and horse riding.

After several years, I adjusted to my new sedentary lifestyle and broadened my interests. Naturally, as a Doctor, my seemingly chronic injury made me even more interested in Chronic Pain management. I studied and researched a wide range of treatments from orthodox to alternative. In the process, I fortunately resolved my own chronic pain syndrome, mainly due to the application of the Feldenkrais Method into my daily life. I felt so liberated.

I had studied Human Anatomy at Medical School, performed dissections and surgery. However, the Feldenkrais Method taught me to really feel movement and its effect on the body, mind and spirit. My incapacitating pain dissipated, and I was able to resume horse riding and running in 1987. Forty years later, I am still in the saddle. At 66 years old, I believe that I am possibly the oldest female jockey still race riding and winning on registered tracks. I thank Moshe Feldenkrais for teaching me to remain flexible, functional and efficient.

I was working in General Practice on the Gold Coast in 1987 when I heard about the planned Great Australian Camel Race to be conducted as part of Australia’s Bicentennial Celebrations in 1988. The race of 3,336 kms from Ayers Rock to the Gold Coast would become the longest ever official animal race. It would involve inland communities in the Bicentennial Celebrations, pay tribute to the huge role that camels played in exploring and developing outback Australia and raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Arthur Earle (OAM) donated $100,000 as prizemoney. The camel race was promoted as “The Ultimate Adventure” and it soon captured worldwide interest and became the subject of Television documentaries.

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I thought that it seemed like a fun way to see more of our great country. I did not want to race such a long distance over such tough and varied terrain.

However, I could see myself happily riding a camel leisurely through the Simpson Desert and the Channel Country with other adventurous souls.

The race rules were designed to protect the welfare of the camels. There would be compulsory rest days in many of the towns along the route and these towns were organising a variety of entertainment. Veterinary checks would be very strict, with each camel to undergo frequent compulsory rest days and to have regular blood tests, heart checks including cardiographs, metabolic checks and soundness checks. Any camel failing a Vet test would be eliminated from the race. Each rider had to fund all their own expenses and was only allowed to bring one camel for the race - one that was well trained and fit.

I had no prior experience with camels, but I could not resist the temptation to be part of the adventurous ride across Australia. Arthur Earle put me in touch with some other interested locals and we soon had a small Gold

Coast team working together to source suitable camels and support and transport vehicles. We each needed to budget for three months off work and for all the logistical costs. To save some money, I started working many extra shifts at Medical Clinics, including regular all-night sessions.

Our Gold Coast team bought three wild camels from a bloke who had just caught them in the Great Stoney Desert. He trucked them to the Gold Coast for us to train. We then discovered that training camels is very different to training horses. For starters, you must teach them to sit down, so you can mount and dismount. When they are cranky, they regurgitate their stomach contents and spit on you. They are so big and strong, and they know it. I soon had a broken wrist from a camel rolling on top of me and some sutures in my forehead from a lightning fast strike forwards with a front leg.

I realised that I needed to find a mentor to teach me better ways to train wild camels. That is how I came to find and meet a young man called Steve Madden who had learned the art of camel training from an Afghan cameleer. Steve had recently done a solo trip across the Simpson Desert

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with his camels and he was a serious competitor for the camel race.

Steve was a great help to me. Soon my wild camel and I were getting along well. Steve also designed me a comfortable saddle. It had a frame of flat Mills steel with a soft leather sling style seat covered in lambswool.

Something I would really appreciate over the months ahead.

68 people lined up on their camels for the race start at Ayers Rock on April 23rd 1988. There were people from the camel industry who were there to race, with reputations at stake. The Military were well represented with six competitors from the Special Air Services (SAS), six from the Regular Army (Townsville 2/4 Division) and two Commandos. There were several Indigenous competitors, plus a group of hippies calling themselves The Ruff as Guts team had walked their camels all the way from Mudgee, New South Wales to participate. Eight women, including myself, had entered. A few people had flown in from overseas, having paid Australian professional camel trainers to prepare a camel for them.

Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen fired the starter’s pistol. The Great Australian Camel Race was underway. Most of the entrants just started walking eastwards across the spinifex plains, but some riders took off at a fast trot or canter - as if the race was just a short sprint. Those early speedsters were never going to finish a tough endurance event like this one. 18 entrants were either eliminated or retired by the time the race reached Alice Springs.

The human factor was the main reason for the attrition rate. There were people who basically did not have the fitness or fortitude to travel 40 or 50 Km daily. Others suddenly realised that they and their backup crew members were simply not compatible under pressure. Most of the camels were far more adaptable. Wild camels in Central Australia move around constantly and they often travel 70 kms per day.

My camel, named Tiki, was young and inexperienced, so I was trying to make it easier for him by not riding him too often. We only needed to average about 50 kms a day to make it into Alice Springs before the cut off time. I soon discovered that Tiki was a follower. In the pecking order of camels, he considered he must always be at the back of the mob.

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In the beginning, there was no way that I could encourage or persuade him to be in front of other camels. That was fine by me, because my main goal was to take my time and enjoy the scenery of the great outback and enjoy the company of my fellow tourist type camel riders. When Tiki felt even the slightest bit tired, he would simply sit down, until he felt like getting up again. So, I would just sit beside Tiki and wait, and wait. I would boil the billy and the other tailenders and locals would come and join me for a chat and a cuppa.

After a few rest days at Alice Springs, 50 camels left on the tough 894 km ride to Boulia which would be mainly off road, through vast cattle stations and across the top of the Simpson Desert. We were allocated a maximum of 19 days (including compulsory rest days) to complete this leg. We had no showers, no shops, minimal radio contact and no phones.

Tiki and I were a long way behind the other Gold Coast team members. Our Gold Coast back up crew vehicle decided to stay with the faster riders to support them. I was fairly self-sufficient, because Tiki was carrying my swag, water canteen, a saddle bag containing some non-perishable food and a warm jumper. The race organisers had advised riders to carry a rifle through the desert, so Tiki also had a rifle attached to his saddle. Tiki and I were last to reach the Simpson Desert, having drifted way behind the Ruff as Guts hippie team.

We were all alone and I was leading Tiki up and down the sand dunes in an Easterly direction.

Suddenly he pulled away from me and galloped off in a Southerly direction and disappeared over a sand dune. He was gone, and he was carrying all my necessities for life. I ran to the top of the dune where I could see him in the distance, still galloping south, his big flat feet racing effortlessly over the sand dunes. I thought to myself: “I need a miracle right now.�

Tiki had been a wild desert camel until a few months prior to the race. He must have decided to go looking for his old family. I could see him stop momentarily at the top of each sand dune and scan the horizon, looking for signs of life.

The only thing moving was me, waving at him, standing on top of the first big sand dune so he might still be able to see me from nearly one km away. After what seemed an eternity, Tiki decided there was no one else out there. He chose to return to me. The escapee came walking nonchalantly back over the dunes, still carrying all my lifesaving necessities. He never tried to leave me again.

Tiki and I camped alone together under the stars in the Simpson Desert that night. The desert was so quiet. The only noise was Tiki chewing his cud. The stars seemed brighter and more numerous than ever. Occasionally a shooting star would light up the whole sky. It was wonderful to have the luxury of peaceful time, just to be present and feel connected to the universe.

In the next few days, I caught up with some of the other competitors.

Unfortunately, they had contracted Shigella Dysentery which was being spread by the billions of flies that got into everything. Soon I was also very sick with severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, fevers, headaches and dehydration. Not what one needed when you must travel 40 or 50 km per day and there are no toilets. Most of the riders and back up crew were infected, and the Flying Doctor Service was called to take several seriously ill people to hospital for intravenous fluid treatment.

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Jill with Tiki and Steve Madden with Casper We were just recovering from the dysentery, when we reached the compulsory rest point near Glenormiston Station in the Channel Country west of Boulia. It started to rain, which was most unusual for Autumn. So, we caught the rain in buckets and had our first decent wash in two weeks.

Then the black soil turned to slippery mud and the gullies began to fill with water. Soon there were 60 support vehicles bogged, some up to their axles. The vehicles could not go anywhere until a few days of sunshine dried the soil. However, the camels were still able to keep going, with their big flat feet slipping along the top of the mud and then swimming through the gullies, demonstrating the versatility of the camel and why they were so important for the development of inland Australia.

The adversity resulted in people working together, supporting each other and sharing whatever little necessities that they possessed. I rode for a couple of days through the muddy Channel Country in a group of 12 riders. There were no back up vehicles to bring our swags, tents

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and extra food for night-time. The ground was wet and cold, but we had two big tarps. The 12 of us lay huddled together on one tarp and pulled the other tarp over the top of us for shelter from the cold, the dew and snakes. So, there were 10 blokes sleeping under the tarp with two females – myself and fellow Queenslander Jenny Smith. I am a light sleeper and did not get much sleep - because tarps crackle every time someone moves even slightly.

Broken ribs are very painful. For at least four weeks, every movement of one’s trunk and arms hurts. Every breath hurts. Coughing and laughing are torturous. I was only a few hundred kms from our destination, the Gold Coast. I decided to keep going despite my broken rib. Pain is only temporary but quitting lasts forever.

Tiki and I made it all the way to the Gold Coast. To complete this long tough race was extra special for me, because only a few years earlier I had been incapacitated following my broken pelvis. I had not set out to be competitive, but I was the first female and I finished sixth overall on accumulated times for the 3,336 km journey. Only 28 of the original 68 starters completed the whole distance.

The travelling community regrouped at Boulia before setting off towards Winton, traversing vast sheep properties. Then it was onward through Longreach, Charleville, Dalby and Warwick, by which time the race was mainly following highways. We had to be very careful riding camels beside fast traffic, especially the big road trains.

The race was won by Gordon O’Connell, a carpet layer from Emerald Another hazard was the rubbish such as broken glass littering the in Central Queensland, riding a fast little female (cow) camel called Highway verges. Camels have thick horny pads on the bottom of their Capricorn. The pair were the fittest combination entering the race and feet. The hard terrain and constant travel caused a few camels to wear fully deserved the win. Similarly, to me, Gordon helped his camel by their pads down a bit, so their owners were kept busy trying to design walking or running beside her for about half the distance. Cows filled and make suitable camel boots. Tiki had a light neat leg action and he three of the first four placings in the race. did not wear his pads thin. He was also becoming fit and just a little My mentor and good friend Steve Madden did not complete the distance competitive, and he wanted to travel day and night. I think he enjoyed as his camel developed an infection early in the race. Steve withdrew his seeing new scenery as much as I did. camel for two legs of the race and concentrated on helping others and However, one day he suddenly sat down on the bitumen on a sharp especially me. He was often my motivation and inspiration when things bend in the road, I jumped off, pleaded with him to get up and tried to got tough during the race. He genuinely celebrated and encouraged pull him up by his head collar. However, my 50 kg body was never going the success of females, which was something I had rarely personally to move a seated 750 kg camel. I could hear the roar of a road train encountered in my life. approaching the bend and I knew the driver would see us too late to be The Great Australian Camel Race was much more than a race. It was a able to stop. I decided to try to utilise momentum (mass x velocity). I communal journey across our amazing land with most of the participants went to the end of Tiki’s 12-foot lead rope, gripped the rope firmly, then developing a real sense of community and camaraderie and willingness to sprinted past his head as fast as I could. My momentum was enough to help each other. When people pull together, ordinary people can achieve jerk Tiki to his feet and we stumbled together into the ditch beside the extraordinary things. road, just as the road train flew past. My camel was unharmed, but I Dr Jill Colwell – 10 July 2019 fractured a rib.

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NATIONAL JOCKEYS TRUST The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has proudly donated almost $60,000 to the National Jockeys Trust (NJT) in support of injured jockeys and their families.

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RC Chairman Amanda Elliott presented the cheque to Mitch and Maddy Goring – children of jockey Mark Goring who died in a race fall in 2003 – at the annual NJT20 Cricket Match, where VRC-sponsored player Craig Robertson joined his fellow jockeys in taking on the Racing All Stars.

Williamstown Cricket Ground hosted the seventh annual edition of the popular charity match, which saw more than $150,000 raised for a cause close to many hearts.

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Mrs Elliott commended the NJT and said the VRC is proud to support such an important organisation.

“Very few sports possess the level of risk that horse racing does, and the skill and talent of our jockeys is something we do not take for granted.

“In situations where an accident occurs, it is great to know that the National Jockeys Trust is there to offer financial assistance to injured jockeys and their families.”

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“The NJT20 cricket match highlights the incredible mateship between racing participants, and I’m so pleased to see members of the public attending the match to have some fun and to throw their support behind this important cause.”

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Keeps Rising to the Challenge With the completion of the 2018-19 Thoroughbred racing season, all jockey Premierships across the country have been decided.

Most feature the usual suspects — Craig Williams (Melbourne), James McDonald (Sydney), William Pike (Perth), Craig Newitt (Tasmania) and the retiring Jeff Lloyd, who ended a long career in the saddle well and truly on top in Brisbane.

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ne name, however, made a first appearance by winning the Adelaide premiership by six winners from Todd Pannell with Jamie Kah in third place. If you had told Raquel Clark six months ago she would be in this position, she wouldn’t have believed you.

as a teenager by her older brother Dylan.

“I didn’t think it was at all possible halfway through the season, so for it to end up the way it has, I couldn’t be happier,” Raquel told me.

“I competed all over Australia in rodeo competitions and enjoyed it, but when Dylan started training and breaking in horses back home, I decided to give him a hand and stopped with the rodeos.

“Whilst working with Dylan, I obviously gained more experience riding horses and that rolled into me deciding that I wanted to become a jockey.”

“To be honest, the only real goal I wanted to achieve heading into the 2018/19 season was to ride more winners than I did the previous season, which I was able to accomplish. But with Jamie deciding to head to Melbourne full time midway through the season, the chance to win the premiership this year opened and over these past four or so months I basically just said to myself, ‘You just have to win this premiership. You are going to win it.’”

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“It kind of started when Dylan followed a few of his mates from school into Rodeo riding. Because I had idolised him my whole life, I followed him into rodeo and tried to emulate him,” Raquel said.

Raquel’s ascension to the top tier of Australian jockeys has been a rapid one considering she only had her first race ride in 2015 — a win aboard the Barry Campbell-trained Rueason at Devonport on June 7th. Raquel went on to prove that promising debut was no fluke, claiming Two Apprentice Titles in her home state in three seasons, before deciding to challenge herself elsewhere. She continued her

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apprenticeship with the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas stable in Adelaide.

“Leon Wells, a trainer in Tasmania, was a good friend of Leon Macdonald and he suggested I head over. “I’ve been here for just over two years now and was able to outride my claim earlier this year (February) on one of the boss’s horses. It’s just amazing how quickly the last couple of years have flown by,” Raquel said.

and what she’s done

With regular support from the Macdonald and Gluyas stable, as well as ample opportunities from other leading trainers such as Tony McEvoy, Raquel was named the 2018 Dux of the South Australian apprentice academy. With that award came a three-week riding stint in Singapore, a prospect that Raquel said wasn’t greeted by overwhelming support from her inner circle.

“A few people believed the trip to Singapore would set me back a bit, or that it could spoil my chances of winning the premiership, but I was determined to go. “I went and was able to have a bit of success, which was nice. Luckily, once I was back in Australia, I still had plenty of support and was able to get straight back into it.”

A bit of success is something of an understatement. While in Singapore her winners included an $81 outsider What’s New in the Group 3 Silver Bowl at Kranji — Raquel’s first Group winner.

Raquel said, “It was such a great feeling and it probably made my season, as I had arrived in Singapore a tad disheartened. I had finished close in a couple of Group 2s during the Adelaide Carnival but a Group win had still eluded me, so it was very special to have my first in Singapore.

“I loved everything about Singapore. The weather, the people, how often they raced. I think the fast-paced style of their racing suited me. They prefer you to sit on the speed, which really suited me to a tee. If I have the opportunity in the future, I would definitely make my way back there.”

Raquel had an opportunity to add another stakes race to her CV last season with the running of the listed Lightning Stakes at Morphettville over 1050 metres. She partnered Tequila Time, but it was not to be as she finished unplaced.

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RAQUEL CLARK SHINES TRSA Thoroughbred Racing’s Big Night

After another huge year of success in the saddle, apprentice jockey Raquel Clark has taken home a host of awards at the 2019 South Australian Thoroughbred Racing Industry Awards held at Morphettville on Saturday August 31.

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aquel won the title of South Australian Jockey of the Year as well as repeating her success from last year winning the Leon Macdonald Award for South Australian Apprentice of the Year and the TAB South Australian Metropolitan Apprentice Jockey of the Year.

Also added to Raquel’s trophy cabinet were the GlennonJohnson Award for South Australian Metropolitan Jockey of the Year, the TAB South Australian Provincial and Country Jockey of the Year award and the Caitlin Forrest South Australian Provincial and Country Apprentice Jockey of the Year award.

For Raquel, the huge night of awards was pay off for a year of particularly hard work.

“I’ve had a massive year, definitely the best year of my career to date,” she said. “Having the support of the industry behind me has played a big part in that, so it’s rewarding to get this recognition from the industry and to have my name up there alongside racing legends.

“I see these awards as an incentive to work harder – to push towards bigger and better things.”

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are Looking for More Joy at Flemington Leonie Proctor and her mum Lyn Tolson were too flat out to soak up their 900-1 winning double at Flemington in June.

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uch later that day, over a dinner at the Hastings Hotel in SouthEastern Victoria, the training partners took some of it in, but they were exhausted and had to get up early for trackwork, then a float trip to the Bendigo races the next day.

On race day at Headquarters there wasn’t much time to high-five the win of Pop Queen in the second race, and later Come on Carl in the last.

“We were just so busy. We had three runners and when Mum was up in the mounting yard, I was saddling up,” Leonie explained. “But I did manage to get to the mounting yard for Come on Carl and it was a pretty big thrill,” she added.

Everything is relative in racing. Three runners for Godolphin would be a lean day. For the mum and daughter from Balnarring, 85km from Melbourne, three runners represented about a quarter of the team. Two victories in the city on a Saturday was a stable first. And to top off a great weekend, Jungle Jane, the horse that dragged them to Bendigo the next day, also won. Even Well Sprung, a stable stalwart and the third runner at the Flemington meeting, ran a very good race finishing a close ninth at $26 down the straight.

“On the day we just got all the luck,” Leonie said. “The horses obtained the right runs, the right barriers, and they were all ridden well. Things just panned out perfectly. It was the same the next day at Bendigo. But days like that come and go quickly. Odds are you’re not going to get the same luck next time.”

Leonie needed to go back four years to recall similar ‘luck’. That was when Well Sprung won at his second race start, the listed McKenzie Stakes at Moonee Valley. The Well Sprung win had the stable hoping they’d found their elusive ‘good ‘un’! Unfortunately, Well Sprung had subsequently proved good, but not that good.

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The same day Well Sprung won at The Valley, stablemate Just Magical ran a close second at $41 in another race there. “That probably goes down as out next best day at the races,” Leonie declared.

Leonie, the daughter of former prominent county trainer Vern Proctor, had been training with her mother for many years down on the Mornington Peninsular but the partnership became official about five years ago. They have a small team of 13 and their horses are cheap and unfashionable. In the old days it was mainly a team of jumpers – horses like Jarl, Emgee Rex and Lord Ochre.

“We don’t have Exceed and Excels and Fastnet Rocks; they’re Strykers and Jungle Rulers,” Leonie said.

The pedigree in the stable is more with the humans than the horses.

Leonie’s partner is renowned horseman Ricky Cartwright and their son, Matty, is about to begin his riding career. Leonie’s sister, Adele, is the partner of Jim Houlihan’s former ace jumps rider Adrian Garraway, who works these days behind the barriers. Leonie says her mum learned how to train mostly through hard work and good observation.

“Mum spent a lot of time riding work at Mornington and she used to travel with Tony Noonan’s horses, mares like Bionic Bess,” she said.

Leonie basically learned the ropes from her mum. “You pick things up, you learn”.

Parent/child and sibling/sibling partnerships can either be super successful – as in two heads are better than one – or super spiteful. For Leonie and Lyn, it’s the former.

“We’re both pretty easy-going. We might have a scream at each other once in a while but it’s all pretty good. I tend to look after the horses a bit more and Mum concentrates on the owners a bit more than I do.”

Please be our guest at Queensland racing’s premier gala evening, as we celebrate the stars of the Queensland Thoroughbred Industry and our rising apprentices for the 2018-19 season.

Sunday, 22 September 2019 6:30pm for 7:00pm start Ballroom Le Grand, Sofitel Brisbane Central 249 Turbot Street, Brisbane City Tickets available online until Friday, 13th September.

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SWAN HILL CUP CARNIVAL The Swan Hill Carnival Golden Topaz Lunch was on Friday 7th June and the Fashions on the Field was on Sunday 9th June.

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n the Friday of the Swan Hill Cup Carnival, one of the best positions to be Trackside was in the Community Hub where Swan Hill Women in Racing Committee have their annual Golden Topaz Luncheon. Traditionally known as Ladies Day, the Swan Hill Women in Racing function is attended by many locals and is one of the not to be missed events on their social calendar.

In a room filled with an array of wonderful fashion and colour, race goers were treated to a fabulous lunch and enjoyed the entertainment. Rob Gaylard went through the race card with the crowd in the hope of sharing a few winners with the many shrewd punters and form students, who were in attendance.

The 2019 Victorian Wakeful Club Lady of Racing and jockey Christine Puls joined the lunch after she finished her riding commitments and gave an insight into her race day routine whilst being interviewed by Country Racing Victoria Director Briga Fliedner.

The Swan Hill Ladies enjoy Ladies in RACING Magazine

The fashion on show would rival any major racing carnival as everyone donned their finest for the fabulous day. Those lucky enough to take home some of the fabulous prizes on the day were:

Millinery Award: Winner Megan Pinney sponsored by Annabelle M Creations of Swan Hill, Marraboor Pharmacy Swan Hill, and The Bagqueen.

Gent of the Day: Winner Ben Gilgen from Murray Bridge, sponsored by Swan Hill Stockfeeds

Lady of the Day: Winner Kate Reilly sponsored by Fashion Affair, Joseph Ribkoff, Aspire Jewellery, Seksy by Sekonda, and The Bagqueen.

Fashionable Racegoer: Winner Jo Jeans from Swan Hill sponsored by Olivia Burton, The Bagqueen, Fashion Affair, Joseph Ribkoff, The Beauty Spot.

Aspiring Lady of the Day: Winner Kate Irons sponsored by Aspire Jewellery, BIANC

A hat was passed around during the day and the monies went to Cystic Fibrosis Australia, a cause close to the hearts of many involved at the Swan Hill event. Local Jockey Harry Coffey has excelled in his racing career despite living with the effects of the disease. Harry’s Mum Maree Coffey works tirelessly in her role as Treasurer of SHWIR to help ensure the day is a success.

Friday Fashions left to right; Kate Irons - Aspiring Lady of the Day, Megan Pinney - Millinery Award Jo Jeans - Fashionable Racegoer, Kate Reilly - Lady of the Day, and Ben Gilgen - Gent of the Day

Once the final race was run and the luncheon wrapped up, it was onwards to the upstairs of the grandstand for those ready to party on. A live band had the dance floor full and the revellers partied on into the night. A trip to the Swan Hill Carnival wouldn’t be complete without making an appearance at the famous Austy Coffey Bonfire. The great and the good of Swan Hill gathered around the fire where many stories were told, tips were shared, and fun was had. Ever the gracious host, Austy provided food and drinks for all in attendance.

If you haven’t been, the Swan Hill Carnival especially the Swan Hill Women In Racing Lunch is one not to be missed!

Sunday Bet 365 Cup Day Fashions: All winners went home with some fabulous prizes thanks to the continued support of local sponsors Northern Shoe Store, Aspire Jewellery, Paul Hewitt available at Aspire Jewellery, Joseph Ribkoff available at Fashion Affair, The Bagqueen,K2 Hair Studio, Millinery E by Estelle, Warburton Optical, View Hotel’s, LADZ Menswear, Georgini available at Aspire Jewellery.

Lady of the Day - Brigitte Cox

Best Millinery - Kelly Carty

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Donna Castles with Sky Channel presenter Brittany Graham

A Very Busy Lady is

DONNA CASTLES If you want something done, they say, ask a busy person. Effervescent Ardmona harness trainer-driver Donna Castles is very busy indeed. Donna speaks very quickly; almost staccato. She doesn’t have time to waste words and the result is covering a lot of material in a short time; one suspects it’s the same in her working life.

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ne of the beneficiaries of her energy is Breast Cancer Charity, The McGrath Foundation. Donna and Marg Watson from Cobram Harness Racing Club have worked tirelessly to raise money through the Annual Pink Day held at the Club, forming a strong bond in the process.

“A lot of people in the area seemed to be struggling with cancer,” Ms Watson said. “So I took it to the committee. They didn’t seem all that enthusiastic, but I just decided we’re doing it.”

After working on the event, which included a Ladies’ Invitational Race, for a few years, Ms Watson moved Pink Day to a Sunday and saw an improvement in participation. Enter Donna, who took little persuasion to become involved.

She said, “Right, what are we raising money for?” And a wonderful partnership was formed.

“The next year, I said why don’t we wear pink pants?” Donna recalled, and no sooner was it said, it was done. “That’s what we did for the Ladies’ Invitational Race.” From there the ideas kept flowing. Hyland Sportswear donated racing colours and one female driver from every race on Pink Day wore them. Local traders were asked for donations and the results surpassed expectations. Now, every woman from the invitational race wears pink pants during May; many more asked to wear them, but a lack of funds prevented it. “So, if anyone wants to sponsor those, that’d be great,” Donna said.

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The fundraising itself has evolved into a gluttony of giveaways. “I think we had 21 individual draws one year and there were three prizes per draw,” Donna said. “But then people said we had too many raffles, so the next year we raffled a Missile Sulky.”

With Donna managing to secure the sulky at cost price from one of her many associates the Club made an amazing $11,000 for its chosen Charity. The next year a car netted more than $27,000 and, full of ideas, the duo made more than $28,500 in 2019 with a travel voucher and cash draws.

Incredibly, from 2014 to 2019, Pink Day at Cobram has raised $85,500.

Amid this, in July 2016, Donna herself was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Not that she’s talked about it much, or let it stop her, and this is where the true strength of the lady is revealed.

“I didn’t want people to think that’s why I did this,” she said. “I’d already done two years of it; my own situation is not what drives me. I didn’t want to say, ‘poor me’, or do anything different. It was just weird that while I was doing all this work, this was growing inside me. I thought, you little sucker.

This year’s Pink Day was a triumph, with Donna inviting Sky Channel presenter Brittany Graham on-course to promote the Charity as well as Victoria’s talented horsewomen.

“We ended up getting the whole day hosted on track and broadcast,” she said. Sales of merchandise added to their tally, with all in pink pants prepared to sell raffle tickets. “I bought them matching pink pens and pencil cases so they would stand out and told people that the girls all had raffle tickets in their bras, so make sure you ask,” Donna said. “I sent tickets all over Australia, to anyone who would take them.”

This fellowship has raised a remarkable amount of money and awareness and created an unbreakable partnership. Ms Watson is quick to pass the praise on, as good friends will.

“I’m glad Donna’s receiving plenty of recognition,” she said. “She certainly deserves it.”

“I didn’t want help, I didn’t want money, but because I knew about the breast care nurses, I was like, how do I find one? They are amazing. I didn’t realise until I was sick that the fundraising was so much work and I didn’t know if I could do it, but I realised I had to.”

Fortunately, Donna’s support network, including quiet achiever Juanita Breen, was on hand to help. “Donna would send me ideas for fundraising at 1am,” Ms Roberts said. “I would say to her, why are you emailing me at 1:20am? You should be asleep’.”

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FOR EM,

It’s all About the Sash

Derby Day Flemington 2018 • Photographer: Wendell Levi Teodoro

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I first met Em Scodellaro at Flemington Racecourse during the Spring Racing Carnival several years ago. As we were both entering Fashions on the Field, we started to chat in the line-up. I was impressed with her warmth, friendliness and her sense of style.

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ver the years, we have kept in touch, catching up at the races both in Queensland and Victoria, and I have always taken pleasure in seeing her growing success in racing fashion events.

Em, however, didn’t start attending race meetings until she was 29, entering Fashions on the Field for the first time at the 2009 Caulfield Cup, her second ever race meet. A good friend, a budding milliner, had made her a hat to match her outfit and suggested she enter. Em thought “Why not!” as the stage posed no threat to her, having had extensive past experience in dance. She confessed to me that she was nervous then and still is today every time she enters a fashion event. Although she did not final during her first foray into a new arena, she received a lot of positive feedback and had an extremely enjoyable day so she decided to attend several other race days, both city and country. Along the journey she picked up many tips and decided to tackle Fashion on the Field competitions more seriously the following year. She said, “I then began to study Fashions on the Field more widely online, along with researching local and overseas fashion designers and milliners.

Before long, Fashions on the Field became my number one passion outside of my family!”

She now spends all year researching and planning outfits for future competitions. “I firmly believe that there aren’t enough opportunities for ladies and gents to dress up beautifully these days, with race days and fashion competitions offering an opportunity to do so,” she commented.

“My success in Fashions on the Field was initially very slow, taking several years before I won my first elusive “sash”. Along the journey, I grew my knowledge of racing and racewear, developing my own individual sense of style and what suited me, but most valued of all, developing many highly valued friendships.”

To date, Em has won ‘Lady of the Day’ on nineteen occasions out of the 134 competitions she has entered and has also placed in many events all within Victoria.

She predominantly competes around Victoria, but she also travels interstate on occasions.

Victorian competitions are usually held in Spring/Summer, so she tends to use the months during Autumn and Winter to finalise upcoming outfits for Spring. She told me “I believe it is healthy to have a break from something you are passionate about to give you a chance to miss it and have something to look forward to,”

have an aunt who did not have children of her own and who travelled extensively overseas. She brought me and my sisters back gorgeous clothing items from her travels, from designers I had never heard of before. I was an extremely well-dressed child living in an average Australian family. As I grew up, my passion further developed, and I would always ensure I had a new outfit with matching accessories for every big occasion.” Em said.

Now a fully-fledged and successful “fashionista”, she competed in her first overseas competition this year, on Derby Day in Auckland, New Zealand. Even though she didn’t win, she loved the experience and making new friends. She is yet to win a sash outside of Victoria or in front of her beloved husband John, something she still has hopes for.

Her ultimate dream is to become a State finalist and then a National title winner in the Victoria Racing Club’s Spring Carnival competition, the dream list of many entrants, I believe. Em’s most noted achievements in Fashions on the Field include: • Winning the 2015 Blue Diamond Stakes FOTF at Caulfield Racecourse • Winning the Longines Award for Elegance on Derby Day at Flemington in 2014 • Winning the overall Country Racing Victoria’s Best-Dressed Competition in 2013 after coming second in 2012 • Placing third on Oaks Day at Flemington in 2017 • Being a top ten finalist at Flemington, Caulfield & interstate on numerous occasions • Having her racewear wardrobe featured in Woman’s Day magazine in 2015.

The best prize she has received for Fashions on the Field she believes “are most definitely my sashes. The few I have won are my prized possessions, as once the bouquets have died and vouchers are redeemed, they are a lasting reminder of a magical moment in time. It’s such a shame when racing clubs don’t award sashes, that you value the ones you do win even more. I even sleep with my very special Flemington sash hanging over the end of my bed, which was made even more special as it was the first Melbourne Cup week my mother attended with me. I was on stage with some of my best fashion friends when I was sashed as well.”

I wondered if her highly developed Em believes her greatest sense of style was innate, springing achievement in the area of racing from her childhood, and it seems Oaks Day Flemington 2017 • Photographer: Richard Shaw fashion competitions is the this was so. The eldest of three sisters, she has had “a lifelong passion for fashion. “I was always a development of her page “It’s All About the Sash” in 2011. The name of fashion-conscious child, refusing to wear anything from everyday the group “came about from a saying that I used as a motivational tool stores and demanding all of my birthday presents be clothes instead of to keep persisting when wins were just a dream. I believed that it was toys. I remember the excitement of being driven to Myer and choosing really hard to win at Fashions on the Field and if you did, the sash was outfits beautifully displayed on the mannequins. I was also fortunate to a beautiful reminder of that experience.”

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The group was founded on the ethos that it be “a positive support and resource networking page for all involved in Fashions on the Field, promoting new friendships, ideas and where photos of competitions everywhere are shared.” It has since developed to actively promote and contribute to the development of Fashions on the Field events not only in Australia but worldwide. The group has now a combined total membership of over 8,000 members on two social media platforms: Facebook and Instagram.

The group is purely a “passion project” Em told me, “aiming to promote Fashions on the Field by educating and informing competitors and racing clubs. Unlike other Fashions on the Field media forums, the group has no corporate, business or club associations and aims to promote all events equally. Some of the major projects that I have been involved in since starting ‘All About the Sash’ include: • aiming to share photos of every Fashions on the Field or Best Dressed competition worldwide, and in doing so, promoting inclusivity of all competitors and competitions no matter how big or small.

• the development of two ‘Fashions on the Field’ surveys to date, that anonymously ask anyone interested in FOTF, their opinions on all aspects of FOTF competitions.

These surveys have then been distributed to race clubs and event organisers worldwide to provide them with feedback and data to potentially assist the planning of their future competitions.

• regular polls on current FOTF topics • asking members to share photos and fun facts in an effort to develop friendships • encouraging friendships, positivity and inclusiveness of all FOTF competitions and providing a safe space to share and network.

• educating members through articles, responding to questions and encouraging other members to share their knowledge of FOTF • working with the Millinery Association of Australia to develop an official guide for seasonal millinery and a list of MAA certified milliners who are happy to assist race clubs with their FOTF judging Magic Millions 2017 • Photographer: Wendell Levi Teodoro

• collecting and sharing FOTF organisational resources to share with race clubs to assist in the planning of their event • establishing a data base of FOTF volunteers that can be provided to race clubs which included interested judges, hosts, organisers, sponsors etc.

• commenting on current FOTF issues within the media to assist in its promotion and growth • having a ‘no tolerance’ approach to bullying and negativity within the group and as Administrator, privately advising numerous members on how to best handle difficult situations they may have experienced during FOTF • creating a range of supporter apparel with 100% of proceeds going back into the funding of the group which was previously self-funded

Caulfield Cup 2018 • Photographer: Wendell Levi Teodoro

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When not competing in Fashions on the Field and administering ‘It’s All About the Sash on social media, Em works as a Collectables Curator, recently changing careers after 18 years as a primary school teacher.

As her late father left behind a large collectables business and massive private collection, she and her mother, Christine, are slowly disposing of the collection by curating items for auction as well as selling online.

Her family includes her husband John, whom she married in 2014 and three step-children, all of whom she feels blessed to have in her life. They enjoy spending leisure time together, which also includes a day at the races. She and John like to incorporate a holiday to coincide with a race day that holds a Fashions on the Field event, with the Dubai World Cup on their bucket list. When I asked Em if she feels that a time will come when she no longer will wish to be a part of this racing fashion world, her reply was “Never! Age is no barrier to style,” a sentiment with which I agree whole-heartedly.

Long may the lovely Em Scodellaro enjoy success on the lawns of racetracks throughout the world.

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ustralian Milliner Carole Maher personally guided the guests through her new exclusive-to-Harrolds collection and presented the limited-edition collections from Stephen Jones, Viktoria Novak and Maison Michel.

Harrolds created an elevated luxury space inspired by the world of retail from the early 1900s. Taking reference from stores across the world, they looked to world-famous department stores to recreate the refined glamour from those years. Guests were invited to preview the collections and dress up ahead of the Spring Racing season with styling consultations taking place over champagne and high-tea.

All guests were directed to the Harrolds store on Collins Street, Melbourne where they were greeted by a uniformed chauffeur who guided them to our Harrold’s 1947 Rolls Royce vintage car. Parked outside the store, guests were able to travel in style to our beautiful venue where the millinery collections took center stage.

Accessories and ready-to-wear were presented in the same space to encourage guests to purchase a full look from Harrolds ahead of the racing season.

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Adorn Collection launched Adelaide’s first luxury handbag hire service in 2018 and since then ‘Hire my Handbag’ has been a go-to for ladies across Australia.

The innovative business allows women to add a touch of luxury to their outfits at an affordable price, offering a range of designer handbags and millinery to hire.

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Melissa is no stranger to putting together outfits for the races and has been a best dressed finalist for Fashions on the Field on many occasions. “My FOTF obsession started when I won at the Darwin Cup in 2012. I found the vintage handbag online, back then I didn’t really know anything about designer handbags but now I am a bit obsessed”. With the arrival of her twin boys earlier this year Melissa has enjoyed taking a back seat to outfit planning and is focussing on helping others complete their race day looks.

The extensive range of luxury handbags can be booked online and shipped directly to your door or picked up in store at local Adelaide boutique ‘Style Hutt’. Melissa has a growing collection of over 50 bags that can be hired for any occasion, not just race days “there are lots of options for birthdays, weddings or even just to spoil yourself for a weekend. A bag can finish off your outfit and add some serious style to your look”.

With spring getting closer many ladies will be in planning mode and preparing their outfits for the Melbourne Cup. “I’m particularly excited to see Adorn’s bags and headpieces trackside this upcoming Spring Racing Carnival, finding the perfect matching accessories has never been easier” Melissa says. She predicts that bold colours and the always classic YSL Kate bag will be a popular choice for race goers. “A pop of colour can tie your whole outfit together, pink, red and yellow are popular options but metallic is also a classy way to finish off an ensemble”.

Hire my Handbag’s coveted collection includes designs from Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Givenchy and many more. The range includes classic designs as well as bold and bright options to cater for every woman’s individual style. Melissa says that bags with bold hardware and slim line clutch bags are highly sought after because they are versatile.

When asked to choose her favourite bag Melissa was undecided, “My favourite bag always changes” she said, “with the twins arriving this year I don’t really have anywhere to wear them for myself. I’ll leave that up to my customers to enjoy them”.

If a weekend isn’t long enough with your beloved bag you can also hire for up to one month with Adorn Collection’s flexible booking options. “I love when ladies hire a bag and wear it with a number of outfits, why not make the most of the time you have together?”

No matter the occasion, Adorn Collection has you covered, offering a wide collection of luxury bags and accessories to complete your outfit and ensure you feel confident from head-to-toe. www.adornmillinery.com.au www.facebook.com/adornbymelissabarnes www.instagram.com/adorncollection.hire

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The Token Bloke

JAMES TZAFERIS James Tzaferis is living his dream!

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e was born and raised in Greenvale, a northern suburb on the outskirts of Melbourne not far from Tullamarine Airport. His parents, mother Michelle, works in Child Care and his father Sam, has been involved in racing all of James’ life. He has two younger siblings, Zach who is a Firefighter and Ellie, who is at University studying Nutrition.

James has always loved racing, both the gallops and the trots for as long as he can remember. There is a photograph on a wall at his parent’s house as a nine-month-old baby at Morphettville on Adelaide Cup Day. Sam originally worked for Harness Racing Victoria and currently works for the Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC), so he thought he didn’t have much choice at a young age as to which industry would offer him his future employment.

Being fascinated by the horses and as a five or six-year-old, he would tag along with his Dad to the races whether they be the gallops or the trots.

Sam worked most Saturday nights at the MVRC and he would sit in the Grandstand to watch the action.

His first paid involvement with racing was as a 15-year-old picking up glasses as a casual employee of the MVRC. Once he turned 18, James received an offer to work behind the bar in the MVRC’s Owners and Trainers Bar which he gratefully accepted. This enabled him to meet many people involved in racing that he had read about and they soon became familiar faces to him.

In 2010, James was able to receive some casual work from Racing Victoria (RV) and after he finished University a couple of years later, RV offered him a full-time position in their Media Department. He also spent some time in their Marketing, Public Relations and Equine Welfare Departments, all of which he loved. He had the opportunity to work with some incredible people, learning as well to develop a broad spectrum of skills and knowledge, which he considered far more useful than he had learned at University.

It was through one of those connections, Racing.com’s Shane Anderson, which prompted him to move across to Racing.com in 2017. He has worked as a Journalist and Presenter ever since, initially across Victoria at country tracks, but also graduating to some of the Group 1 days in the Spring. James considers them an amazing team to work with enabling him to develop more skills. Speaking very honestly, he feels very fortunate to be in the position he’s in, as he finds it hard to call what he does work.

Being paid to talk and write about horse racing is a dream that a lot of people would enjoy.

During his formative years, one of his uncles, Tony Pistikakis, raced a lot of horses which he had shares in and James and his Dad would head off to see them race at their respective track. Sometimes they were at a country track in a bush Maiden or running in a metropolitan area when they were in the mounting yard of a classic race.

As a boy growing up, James was never interested in Pony Club but used to support his little sister Ellie in her endeavours. However, over the last couple of years his partner, Jessica Eaton, who is carving a successful career for herself as a jockey, has been teaching him some of the basics on a couple of her retired racehorses. He absolutely loves riding but said his skills in the saddle still leave a lot to be desired.

James said, “Living with a jockey, I see firsthand how tough their life can be. The early mornings, combined with long days in the car on the road can be very taxing, both mentally and physically. That’s without factoring in suffering an injury and how tough it can be on the body. More than anything, it can be a tough game on the mind, and without exception, participants have to deal with more defeats than victories.

“For the average jockey that has 500 rides in a season, they are doing well to ride 50 or more winners. That means they are riding more than 400 losers, so they must be extremely resilient. I find that most people work in racing because of their love of the sport and the animal, so while there are some aspects of the sport that are tough, there are also many rewarding elements and the sacrifices are worth the success.

“There is no doubt Jess is part of the changing face of Australian racing.

More than ever, the girls are kicking goals in racing and I’m in constant awe of what she and many others are achieving in one of the only mainstream sports where males and females compete against each other on an even playing field. With that being said, I still think it’s tougher for the girls to succeed than the boys. There is a lot of unconscious bias out there and, while most of them wouldn’t admit it, some Owners and Trainers would naturally lean towards using a male rider over a female rider, especially as the stakes get higher.

“I’m a great fan of Linda Meech and I think the fact she isn’t weekly fixture in Melbourne on a Saturday – including Group 1 racedays – is testament to this. Will this change? I guess time will tell. It’s only been in the past five or six years that the number of females being inducted as apprentice jockeys has increased markedly, so I imagine it’s something that will continue to evolve in coming decades.”

James and Jessica also love the footy. James played locally for Greenvale for nearly 15 years before moth-balling his boots a few years ago. When time permits, they both love to watch their favourite teams, the Blues and the Demons as often as they can. On the home front, they have two Great Danes, who are basically their children, so they take up a lot of their time.

James has attended Group 1 racing in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide and overseas in Japan, France and the United Kingdom. The July Festival at Newmarket in the UK and the Prix Diane meeting at Chantilly, France are standouts for him.

Locally, he finds it hard to go past the Spring Racing Carnival. Cox Plate Day is probably at the top of his list, but another meeting he endeavours to attend as often as possible is the Mt Wycheproof Cup on Derby Day. The quality of the racing might not get close to rivalling what you will see at Flemington, but for him, he loves getting back to the grassroots of racing and rubbing shoulders with some of the real bush characters.

Some of Tony’s horses were very successful. They included Railings (2005 Caulfield Cup) and (2005 Metropolitan), Headturner (2006 AJC Derby) and Studebaker (2003 Turnbull Stakes). Mike Moroney and We are sure to see a great deal more of James Tzaferis on our Television John Hawkes were among his many trainers. Studebaker is one of James Tessa Richardson alongside Winx Bowman after a Royal Randwick win in the future. favourite horses, with Railings and Headturner very special as well andand he Hughscreens still regularly visits them in retirement.

James remembers the Group 1 race days with the atmosphere and excitement, was incredible and very addictive. He knew then that racing was something he wanted to be involved in. If that wasn’t enough, his mum Michelle’s family had a long history and growing up he loved hearing stories from his Nanna, which also sparked his interest.

Personally, James has had shares in a handful of horses. To date, the only winner he had was a mare named Brooklyn Bridge who won a Burrumbeet Maiden a few years ago when trained by Rebecca Waymouth. His next big hopes are a couple of Rebel Raider geldings who are trained by Austy Coffey at Swan Hill. He said, “I’d love to win a Mt Wycheproof Cup or a Manangatang Cup with either of them. opposite page – main pic: James and his partner, Jessica Eaton. left: James with co-Racing.com journalist, Grace Ramage. centre: James and Harry Coffey. right: James interviewing his favourite jockey. this page – above: Group photo with Brooklyn Bridge.

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or true shop-o-holics, it is a pleasure to stroll through the beautiful city of Melbourne when time permits, I love to wander and browse in the unique, individually owned boutiques, scattered around the many streets and lanes that make up the Melbourne CBD. I always make a point of visiting one of my favourite stores, Erika.

Located in the historic Stalbridge Chambers, Little Collins Street, one of the few heritage buildings remaining. Erika boutique is a treasure trove, home to an extensive collection of over 2,000 brooches and carries an eclectic mix of Australian designed dresses and accessories. Many of these designs are made in Melbourne.

Erika also carries the exclusive millinery collection of well-known and award-winning milliner Peter Jago. Peter is available in store by appointment and as well as a fashion leader in creating women’s racing headwear, he has also designed wide collection of men’s hats.

With individual boutiques sadly on the decrease why don’t you stop by and visit Hilda Simonds, owner of Erika and with her expertise she will help you add that individual touch to your Spring Racing Carnival outfit. Peter will certainly enhance any outfit with his stunning hats and headpieces and between them both they will certainly help compliment and racing ensemble.

Peter Jago millinery has won an array of awards and a comprehensive Many of the brooches are equine inspired and with brooches now en- story on him will be featured in the next issue of Ladies in RACING vogue, the store is a perfect place to purchase a gift for everyone.

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NOVOCASTRIAN Strikes in Sydney

Three-Year-Old Filly, On Her Word; a $500 Auction purchase; provided Newcastle Trainer Rebecca Dunn with her first Metropolitan winner in her six years of training.

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ebecca, who had previously worked for Kris Lees on his farm near Cessnock, gained her trainer’s licence in 2013 and generally has only had a handful of horses in work.

On Her Word, a daughter of Benfica, was very unlucky when beaten on debut at Gosford in January. She was again a solid second when first-up at Gosford in May and then it was off to Warwick Farm, where she saluted on June 12th. On Her Word’s last run at Canterbury Park on July 3rd, was another gutsy performance when finishing third after carrying a 60kg impost and jumping from a wide barrier.

Rebecca plies her craft from the family’s 21-acre property at Medowie in the Port Stephens region. She bought the property in partnership with her father and she lives there with her partner Luke Moy and their three-year old daughter Casey.

Luke is the Clerk of the Course at Newcastle, Gosford, Wyong and Cessnock race meetings. Rebecca rides her horses in trackwork at Newcastle and the young lady can’t believe her luck with On Her Word.

“It was such a great thrill to win a race in Sydney. On Her Word was unlucky in her two Gosford runs, so we decided to have a crack in the city. Her last

start run was outstanding with the big weight and her wide barrier. I have now spelled her, and she will come back in the warmer weather.

“I bought her for $500 at an Inglis Sale of weanlings, broodmares and tried horses. We had just bought the Medowie property and Luke and I were renovating, so we didn’t attend the sale. We hadn’t looked at her, so we asked Michelle Tucker to inspect the filly at the sale.

“Michelle said the horse had been through the drought and didn’t have a polished look. That didn’t deter me, so I had another Trainer, John Bannister bid for me. I told him $1500 was the limit and we secured her with the only bid. On Her Word has now already won $39,000, so she was a bargain. Luke owns her in partnership with me,” a very happy Rebecca added.

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THE STRAPPER and her

‘GENTLE GIANT’

Ainsley and her ‘gentle’ giant after he had won the Doncaster Mile

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Ainsley Fox has a special bond with a much-loved character of the turf, Happy Clapper, a horse she has been close to for more than five years.

Story by Brad Gray – Racing NSW • Images by Steve Hart

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o Ainsley, no Clapper. That was what trainer Pat Webster texted back when I was chasing the phone number of Ainsley Fox for an interview, Happy Clapper’s trackwork rider and strapper. The two share a very special bond. That still might be understating their relationship.

“Being a trackwork rider you are put on so many different horses and changed around so much, that it’s difficult to get a bond like I have with ‘Clapper’. I have gone out to see him spelling in the paddock and as soon as I hopped over the fence he came running over. He followed me everywhere. I sat down and he had his head in my lap. He is about 17 hands, but is a gentle giant”, Ainsley said.

“I had nothing lined up. I obtained a few numbers off a friend, had a few interviews and started off with Jim and Greg Lee. If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be where I am now,” she reflected.

Ainsley spent four years with the Lee brothers but when they cut down in numbers, Pat Webster moved quickly to hire her. She had another three years with Pat before he too downsized. He still wanted Ainsley to ride Happy Clapper, but she now also works full-time for Anthony Cummings.

All eight of her working years in Sydney have been spent at Randwick, so it was no surprise to Ainsley with Happy Clapper’s Doncaster Mile win, with him finishing second to Winx and then It’s Somewhat in the race previously.

It instantly stands out for Ainsley, she even recalls the date, April 7th, 2018, like it was an anniversary; and to Ainsley it is.

“A horse like him, I’m the lucky one. I thank Pat for the opportunities he has given me to be involved with such an amazing horse and it’s “That was a really special moment for me and everybody that is involved such an amazing ride for all of us. It’s a small team and we’ve all been with the horse. I had my family there that day over from New Zealand, plus Lady Evelyn so dedicated. my partner and my closest friends. Everyone was there to support us, and it Pat mentions me a lot after races, but John Bourke has been at Pat’s since the was magical. It was a day I’ll never forget,” Ainsley said. day Clapper first arrived while Paul Sempf and plenty more past employees When asked to describe the relationship between human and horse to have all had a big role to play in making him the horse he is today.” someone who doesn’t work with them day in day out, Ainsley paused for a Ainsley and Happy Clapper have been a team since 2014. Happy Clapper moment in thought. had just returned from a year-long layoff after a wild fox ran under him “That’s not an easy question,” said Ainsley, buying herself some time to think, at trackwork one day and he bolted, injuring himself. At that point, “When you see the horse, the horse sees you.”

Happy Clapper was still a four-start maiden.

So simple, but it so perfectly captures that often-inexplicable connection.

“I had been told he was a bad puller and when I saw the size of him, I thought ‘how the hell am I going to hold him?’, but lucky for me we Ainsley’s belief in Happy Clapper runs so strong that she’s more than once connected straight away,” Ainsley recalled. headed to the races thinking today was the day, he’d topple Winx. “But she keeps proving me wrong,” Ainsley laughed, “You don’t want to see a horse “He will hear me come in of a morning, stand at the front of his box and like her get beaten, but having said that, you kind of want to beat her. wait. Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.

“He knows his routine, loves his routine. He is an absolute gentleman on the ground but not so much to ride. He is very, very strong and loves to gallop. In work, if he shies at the mile gap when you are cantering him around you know you are in for a hard trip. That’s one of his quirks.

“To be running second to a champion like her is a pretty amazing feeling.

Winx will be talked about for so long, as will Clapper. She is a champion but so is he in his own right, I just love him to bits!”

“If he doesn’t get worked, he knows he is racing that day too. He is a very smart horse.” Ainsley marvels at how an eight-year-old can return stronger again, but fortunately for her, every preparation he also comes back a touch more relaxed.

“At the race’s early days, he used to be a handful, he’d send me into the flower beds walking around the parade ring and he can still be handful now, but he knows his job. I have fallen off him once. That was from him spooking at a bit of grass, leading into his first Doncaster run. It was a windy Monday morning while trotting down to the track, he was feeling so well that he received a fright from a bit of grass shaking in the wind, so off he went without me.

“Before he wore the earmuffs, he used to shy at everything and anything.

I’d be walking down the lane way onto the Randwick track and if there was a wheelie bin or a pile of shavings, he’d shy the whole way down and then the whole way home, even if he had walked past them on the way there.”

Ainsley, who was born in New Zealand, was first introduced to racing by a school friend whose sister was a jockey. For a fleeting moment she considering following that path herself having ridden ponies since she was eight and having ridden equestrian at a professional level.

At the age of 24, Ainsley packed her bags for Australia to chase warmer weather and better opportunities within the industry she had fallen head over heels in love with. After lasting a week in Perth, due to the heat the now 32-year-old decided to move to Sydney.

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ANNABEL

‘Dances with Wolves’ Annabel Neasham has mixed it with the best & worst of them – Queen Elizabeth II and a rogue fox; you name it, she’s done it!

“She slept with wolves without fear.”

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n Annabel Neasham’s case, that quote, remarkably, represents the truth having unknowingly come face-to-face with the wild animal when tackling the world’s longest horse race.

“There were no showers and they just eat mutton which I wasn’t a fan of, so I didn’t really eat much for the six and a half days. I barely ate a thing, I just drank water, which you had to purify,” she said.

Annabel heads the Warwick Farm stable for training partnership Ciaron Maher and David Eustace and in August last year she not only finished the Mongol Derby, run over a staggering 1000kms, but won it.

Annabel lost seven kilograms over the course of the journey, in which you are only allowed to ride from 6:30am to 8pm. There is no marked course, food or accommodation provided, just a set of hobbles and a satellite tracker.

“I’d heard about it years ago,” recalled Annabel, originally from English village Croughton, which is 20 miles north of Oxford.

Enter the stable’s horse breaker Adrian Corboy who filled the void with just two weeks’ notice.

“You switch horses, which are semi-wild, every 40 kilometres or so.

The horse stations are the homes of the nomadic herders and they heard up their ponies. They are all tied up in a line and you pick a horse. At every station there is a vet to check the horse’s heart rate as it has got to be below a certain level within half an hour for you to pass. We managed to get through penalty free. If you were over, you had to wait for two hours.”

No mean feat given it is regarded as the world’s toughest test for endurance riders, a concept which took its inspiration from the ancient horse messenger system used by Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan some 800 years ago.

At one point in the final days of the race, Annabel’s main consideration turned instinctively to survival when the pair found themselves bogged in deep mud. “One night we stayed with a family in their gur, which is what they call their huts. There were 14 of us sleeping in there.

“It is very difficult to prepare for; female American rider Devan Horn ran second to us and it was her third time doing it. “She had run an ultramarathon in preparation, so Adrian and I were thinking we were underdone, but it’s not the type of thing you can train for really,” said Annabel.

“The two of us, two grandparents, three children and seven grandchildren all sleeping on the floor in this one place. They couldn’t speak a word of English and we couldn’t speak a word of Mongolian but somehow it was a really fun, amazing evening. We took photos of them on our phones and when we were showing the kids, they thought was unbelievable, they had never seen anything like it. We woke up the next morning to head out, but the fog was so thick that we couldn’t see where we were going.

“A girl I knew back home had won it herself. I mentioned to Ciaron that I was going to do it and he asked me to sign him up as well. We had done zero preparation and I said to Ciaron that he’d better start riding trackwork but two weeks later he fell off Jameka and broke his leg.”

“There is a fine balance between getting from ‘A to B’ as quick as you can, while also looking after your horse. The countryside is beautiful, but its 1000 kms and it doesn’t change so it got a bit monotonous.

“There were marmot holes everywhere that weren’t easy to see. I had two horses fall with me. You are trying to look at the terrain all the time, it is quite tiring, and my knees were sore.”

That was due to an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction the 28-year-old had undergone in the past.

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“You couldn’t see beyond 20 metres and soon after leaving we hit a serious bog with the horses up to their bellies in mud. One of the kids we had stayed with appeared out of nowhere on a pony, he must have seen us go in the wrong direction, and he signalled for us to follow him.

“He took us across a swollen river and out onto a path. We just trusted it was the right direction because our GPS signals were down. One of the other nights we found a pump shed to camp out in, but it stunk of diesel, it was a clear night, so I just put my sleeping bag out on the grass.

“Adrian woke me up saying we’d better get in the shed because it is going rain, but I looked up and could just see stars. I thought it was a bit odd but as I was still half asleep, so I crawled in. He hadn’t slept a wink, and, in the morning, he said a wolf had trotted right up to me, Adrian sat up and had a stare off with it.

“It walked off, but he read somewhere that wolves work together so he was thinking that it had trotted off to get its mates to come back in a pack. He told me that’s what happened, but I never saw it.”

Annabel had always been a horsey person growing up, with her family involved in amateur jumps racing and show jumping, but it wasn’t until University that her love of eventing, in which she competed on an International stage, swung towards thoroughbred racing.

After dabbling as a Bloodstock Agent, she realised her passion was being hands-on with the horses. That saw her land a job working for Queen Elizabeth ll.

“I lived at Sandringham House, which is her winter home, during the foaling season; it’s a small Stud where she has about 25 mares, but whenever a foal was born, she’d pop in the next morning to have a look. It was amazing breaking in her horses before she’d come and watch them in the arena. It was a magical place. The Queen loves her horses and knew every single one”, said Annabel.

Annabel has been in Australia three years now, having spent the first six months of her time here on a working visa with Gai Waterhouse, and doesn’t see her future anywhere else. After four years she plans to apply for residency.

“Australian racing is a lot more accessible and there are greater opportunities for young people. The prizemoney is phenomenal compared to home,” she said.

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Of both young and old

As bleak Winter days end

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HELPING TROUBLED TEENS Team Thoroughbred NSW has Joined With Others to Deliver an Inspiring New Program Benefiting Troubled Teens Story by Julieanne Horsman • Images by Julieanne Horsman & Winsome Herde

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acing NSW’s equine welfare division Team Thoroughbred NSW has partnered with Ballyoch Horses and Youth Outreach Charity, BackTrack, to deliver an inspiring new program benefiting troubled teens, retired racehorses and the rural community of Deepwater in Northern New South Wales.

Imagine this. You’re 13 years old. Your Mum is dead.

You live in a country town with your Dad who tries his best but is an alcoholic and doesn’t know how to handle you. You’ve lost count of how many times you’ve been suspended from school. You don’t like it anyway.

You’re on a first name basis with the local Police. You’re angry. You don’t deserve this. You lash out. You’re one mistake away from being locked up.

Everyone has given up on you, except a group of streetwise youth workers with unorthodox methods who are determined to keep you alive, keep you out of jail and help you chase your dreams.

BackTrack Youth works has been helping vulnerable young people in the New England region with counselling, education, life skills and support since 2006.

It was founded by Bernie Shakeshaft to provide an alternative for children who were slipping through the cracks of the Government system. He started out by teaching them to train feral dogs for farm work and watched their confidence and self-control grow with each obeyed command.

Patrick Herde from Ballyoch Horses at Deepwater heard about the lifechanging work of BackTrack from his friend’s mum and instantly wanted

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to become involved. He volunteered with the Charity and became a fan of its alternative strategies and methods.

A horseman from way back, Patrick had seen first-hand the emotional and psychological benefits of working with horses and came up with an ambitious plan to adapt BackTrack’s dog program to retrain thoroughbreds for life after racing.

“At BackTrack, we’ve done bits and pieces with horses but never in a formal capacity so when Patrick came to us with a pitch, we jumped at the chance.

It’s a great opportunity for our teens to learn horsemanship and farm skills which not only boosts their confidence but also provides a pathway to employment,” Bernie said.

Patrick, Bernie and BackTrack co-ordinator Paul Dawson made several trips to Sydney to meet Racing NSW executives and it wasn’t long before Team Thoroughbred NSW was onboard to provide the horses and financial support.

In late February, 10 thoroughbreds were delivered to Patrick’s property and the pilot program was underway.

“Firstly, we made sure the horses were safe and once we were confident of that we started teaching the boys and girls the basics like feeding, cleaning, leading and work in hand,” Patrick said.

“It wasn’t long before we had bums in saddles and could ride up into the hills for a picnic and campfire lunch. I was blown away by how far the kids came in the first month alone. The horse mirrors what you are feeling so you

must control your emotions. The kids became very aware of the energy they were putting out. You would see them get angry or frustrated, then realise it was affecting their horse and change their attitude.”

On June 1st, the first group of Thoroughbreds to complete the three-month retraining program were auctioned at Ballyoch Horses with 100% of the sale price donated to BackTrack.

The participants spent hours washing, brushing and preparing the horses for the sale. Inspections began early, and they were on hand to answer any questions from prospective buyers who were looking for their next Equestrian, Polo, Cattle or Pleasure horse.

By the time the parade started, close to 200 people were there. “I was rapt with the turnout but even more happy with the kids,” Patrick said.

Some of the boys have shown such a great aptitude for horsemanship, Patrick has employed them to work at his farm. The older ones stay there during the week and go back to Armidale for TAFE. Several others are considering a career in the racing industry.

Patrick continued, “I’m confident we can make some really good horse people. My vision is for Ballyoch to be a centre of learning where people can come to be taught how to break in and train horses.

“If you show a bit of enthusiasm like the BackTrack participants we will move mountains to make it work.”

Head to www.teamthoroughbred.com.au to learn more about Racing NSW’s equine welfare division and its community programs.

“They understood it was a pilot program with a lot riding on it and approached it with a great sense of responsibility. They put everything into it and I couldn’t have asked for any more. The horses were great too. We asked a lot of them with the cars and the wind and everything else going on and they handled it,” he continued.

John and Kathy Hickey travelled more than three hours to the sale from Manilla, NSW after hearing about it on the radio. They were looking for a new horse for their 12-year-old grandson to learn to ride on and picked out seven-year-old mare Sweet Dynasty.

“We heard Patrick talking on ABC radio and liked the concept of the program, so we decided to check it out for ourselves,” John said. When we arrived, we were shown Sweet Dynasty and she seemed like a nice natured horse,” John said.

“We were impressed by all the things young rider Tom could do on her back without even flinching. I will continue her education at home first to make sure she doesn’t buck or bolt, but we think she was certainly worth taking a chance on.”

It’s not just the BackTrack participants and retired racehorses who are benefiting from the program. The local community is too. Patrick has sourced all his building materials and feed from the region and uses local service providers including vets and farriers.

They’ve also formed a Polo Club and are fundraising to build a field in the middle of Deepwater Racecourse.

Patrick said, “We’re really happy with how the program has gone so far and it’s going to get better with time and experience. The kids’ riding is improving every day and that will in turn improve the horses.”

Tom Craig and Sweet Dynasty

Patrick, Paul, Tom and Perry taking in the scenery on a training ride at Deepwater

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ANGEL RISES

From an Unexpected Place Story by Julieanne Horsman • Images by Racing NSW

Raise an Angel receives plenty of love from Jessica

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Abandoned in a dry paddock at Yass in New South Wales (NSW) with more than 50 other horses, Raise an Angel found herself 350Km and a world away from her previous home.

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little grey mare, Raise an Angel had spent her entire two-year racing career at trainer Phil Sweeney’s Jerilderie stables. She was no star, but always tried her best and was loved and cared for like a pet. Both of Phil’s daughters, Brooke and Sally Sweeney were jockeys and rode her in races and Sally even saluted on her at Moulamein. They doted on her until she was retired and sold.

Raise an Angel was set to be exported to race overseas but when the red tape became too much, her new international owner threw his hands up, walked away and stopped paying the agistment bills.

With mounting costs in drought conditions, the agistment property manager tried desperately to rehome the horses before Racing NSW stepped in and rescued them.

They were split between Racing NSW’s facilities at Taree and Muswellbrook where they were able to rest, gain weight and get healthy again. Raise an Angel, then five, went to Muswellbrook and eventually began her retraining for life after racing.

Meanwhile in Sydney, passionate equestrienne and children’s riding coach Jessica Bott, wife of Randwick trainer Adrian Bott, was looking for her next show jumping horse.

Having grown up riding off the track Thoroughbreds in the United States, they remained her breed of choice. She had heard from her friend Karen Day, Racing NSW’s Equine Welfare General Manager, about the variety of Thoroughbreds available for rehoming through Racing NSW’s programs so she made an appointment, hooked up the float and headed up the highway to Muswellbrook.

Earlier this month, Jessica and Raise an Angel faced their greatest test, the Aquis Champions Tour on the Gold Coast. In the Group 2 1.10m Thoroughbred Championship they finished in the top 10 – an outstanding achievement for any horse, let alone one who had been found neglected in a paddock just 18 months before.

“She is phenomenal,” Jessica said. “It just goes to show it’s worth taking a chance on a young horse and investing in quality coaching. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows and she does still have her quirks, but we’ve turned a corner and I am so proud of her.”

When researching Raise an Angel’s breeding, Jessica discovered the most astounding link to youth. Her grand sire, Fusaichi Pegasus, was by the same sire as the life-changing gelding Jessica owned while studying at university in Kentucky.

“Ramsey was a star and I used the money from selling him to come to Australia, I have a lot to thank Fusaichi Pegasus for!” she said.

For now, Raise an Angel is enjoying a well-earned spell at Evergreen Stud in the Hunter Region and she stepped up to 1.15m at the Camden Winter Show Jumping Festival in July.

Jessica continued, “I’m just aiming to be more competitive with her and enjoy the relationship we have. I trust her to get me from A to B safely and she’s impressing me all the time. She really is something special.”

“I didn’t think I’d need the float but ended up coming home with not one but three horses,” Jessica said. “My close friends Bernie O’Regan and Emily Inwood made the trip up with me and bought into the horses.

“Raise an Angel wasn’t my first choice, but Bernie thought she had a lot of scope. She had a fluid movement and was brave over jumps and Bernie wouldn’t let us leave without her!”

Once home, Jessica’s plan to prepare Raise an Angel for show jumping hit a stumbling block. The mare was hot and fizzy on the ground and fired-up on the lunge. With the guidance of friends and more senior coaches, Jessica persisted and within a couple of months Raise an Angel was a different horse.

“I sat on her and she felt so different to how she looked,” Jessica continued. “I took her trail riding and just enjoyed spending time with her. She was more like a therapy horse for me. My training of her was sporadic due to work commitments and supporting Adrian, but she impressed me beyond her years.”

Jessica started having lessons with Alison Rowland and Sarah McMillan.

Sarah’s partner Nelson Smyth rode Raise an Angel when Jessica couldn’t to help with the retraining process.

Jessica and Raise an Angel shining at the Aquis Champions Tour OzShotz Photography

With each session, the little grey mare showed more and more talent for show jumping. They had their first outing together at Sydney Jump Club where they jumped clear. One of Jessica’s teenage students, Sophie Hatch, a top junior showjumper, then took Raise an Angel to Interschools where she performed well again.

Jessica continued competing on Raise an Angel, constantly impressed by the way she took each challenge in her stride.

“She is bold and brave and has a natural desire to jump a fence clean,” Jessica said. “She has never so much as thought about pulling up at a fence. As a breed, Thoroughbreds are intelligent and eager to please.”

Sally Sweeney pilots Raise an Angel to victory at Moulamein races in 2015

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Turnberry (Samantha in orange) narrowly holds out Bobbing

SAMANTHA CLENTON’S Courageous Return to the Saddle

Samantha Clenton has defied the specialist doctor’s opinions following her serious injury from a fall which occurred at Scone in October 2016. Her injuries included six fractured vertebrae and a broken collarbone, narrowly avoiding paralysis.

The doctor’s feared that she would never ride again. They were not to know of the courage and determination that was in Samantha.

Story by Frances O’shea & Gary Harley – Racing NSW • Images by Steve Hart & Bradley Photographers

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amantha, who was the leading apprentice in NSW at the time of her fall, had only been back in the saddle for just over a week, when she secured her first feature win on the Kris Lees-trained Turnberry in the Polytrack Provincial Championships Qualifier at Wyong on March 30.

favourite and eventual Final winner, Bobbing, ridden by Koby Jennings and the locally trained Bangkok, ridden by Chad Lever.

She had previously won on Tessa Burrito at Port Macquarie and Milseain at Muswellbrook, giving her three winners in eight days and all trained by Kris. Then just a few days later, she won again on Milseain on Randwick’s Kensington track; what a comeback!

Samantha can’t thank Kris enough for his support, as he was the one who encouraged her to make her comeback to race riding. She said, “I came to Newcastle one morning to ride some horses of my partner Tim McIntosh in jump-outs. “Kris pulled me aside and said, if you want to get back to race riding, we will help you do it.”

The 26yo talented Samantha is apprenticed to Kris, who listened to the race from Dubai, where he was waiting for an appearance later in the day by Brave Smash in the rich Al Quoz Sprint.

The popular apprentice was the toast of the punters when she drove the well-supported Turnberry to the line, narrowly beating the race

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“It felt wonderful,” an emotional Samantha said after Turnberry’s victory. “I can’t thank Kris enough for his support. It is so good to be back and to win this race today.” Turnberry finished 5th in the Final.

Samantha continued, “I rode 31 metropolitan winners when apprenticed to Kris before my fall and I am now back with him riding work five mornings a week. I have eight months to go on my apprenticeship, but because of the time I have had off with injury, we are applying for an extension of at least twelve months.

“I still claim two kilograms on metropolitan tracks and Kris told me that he wants me to lose my metropolitan claim before I complete my apprenticeship.”

Samantha has won two black type races aboard Howmuchdoyouloveme in the 2016 Gosford Takeover Target and Clearly Innocent in the 2016 Scone Luskin Star and she is determined to add to that tally.

When asked how she manages motherhood, six mornings trackwork (five at Newcastle and one at Muswellbrook) and, of course, race riding, she replied, “No problem. When I am away from our home in Muswellbrook, my babysitters include Tim and both our parents. I leave Muswellbrook at 2.30am five mornings a week to drive to Newcastle and I am home by 10am.

Ladies in Racing Magazine wishes this courageous young mother every success in her future.

Samantha and the legendary John Tapp at Scone

Winx has a Half Sister Born at Segenhoe Stud near Aberdeen at 11 am on Tuesday, September 4, her mother is Vegas Showgirl, who is the dam of wonder-mare Winx, making her Winx’s half-sister.

Her father is Japanese super stallion Deep Impact, who was sadly euthanised in July after it was found he was unable to stand due to a cervical fracture.

The filly is already estimated to be worth up to $5 million and could become the most expensive filly ever born in Australia.

However, the chances of the filly ever seeing a sale ring are about a million to one, with owner-breeder John Camilleri confirming he has no plans to sell her.

It’s no doubt the whole Hunter Valley, Australia and the world, will be watching the filly progress with great interest.

It’s not the first time a half-sister to Winx has been born at Segenhoe Stud.

In September 2017, while Winx was busy scoring her 20th consecutive win in the George Main Stakes at Royal Randwick, her dam, Vegas Showgirl, was busy giving birth to her filly by champion sire Exceed and Excel which was born just hours later.

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GWENDA MARKWELL Dominates Illawarra Racing

Gwenda Markwell has dominated Illawarra racing for more than a decade, but she enjoyed perhaps the biggest moment of her training career during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

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ngel of Truth, provided the leading trainer with Group 1 glory on Day One of The Championships, when the three-year-old rising star stormed to a memorable win in the Australian Derby (2400m).

Jockey Corey Brown led all the way to finish 3¼-lengths clear of Madison County, with Surely Sacred a long head away in third place.

It was a day 15 years in the making for Gwenda. She thought her last Group 1 winner, Grand Zulu should have accomplished the same feat, but never had the chance after his owner David Choy, chose to take the son of Grand Lodge to Hong Kong rather than race in the Derby.

“He looks like Grand Zulu. He has the same colour and he has the same nature,” Gwenda reflected on the day. “He’s a good horse. When I saw him leading with his ears pricked around the 1000m mark, I thought he is going to take a lot of running down here. It was great.”

Gwenda’s memorable autumn didn’t stop there. The trainer also tasted Group 3 success with Archedemus after the impressive five-year-old won the Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m), at the end April. With Corey on-board again, Archedemus beat Tom Melbourne by a half-length with Sixties Groove three lengths away third.

The Lope De Vega gelding won the Newcastle Polytrack Provincial Championships Qualifier (1400m) earlier in his preparation and finished eighth in the $500,000 Final on Day 2 of The Championships.

Both he and Angel of Truth are owned by Ross Williams’s Superhorse syndicate. “His support has been great for the stable. It’s been a great autumn,” Gwenda added.

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Angela Taylor guides home her first winner as Shelly’s Dream passes the post at Moree

ANGELA TAYLOR’S

Dream Result at the Moree Picnics 19 year old Angela Taylor recorded the first win of her career when she led throughout on Shelly’s Dream at the Moree Picnic Races.

Story by Colin Hodges – Racing NSW • Images by Steve Hart & Bradley Photographers

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ngela, a trackwork rider for the Jeff Englebrecht stable at Warwick Farm, rode her career first winner at Moree Picnics when the Fred Carter, Goondiwindi-trained, Shelly’s Dream, established a good lead, then cleared out to win by over four lengths from Bold Crossing (Ridge Wilson) and Scuba Steve (Nicholas Perrett) in the GrainCorp Class B Handicap.

Ashley Boyd, who is a Boilermaker by trade, displayed another of his skills when riding four winners for local Moree trainer Peter Sinclair, including Track Flash in the B & W Rural Boolooroo Moree Picnic Cup. Favourite Track Flash travelled behind the leaders, then took control in the Cup for a convincing win from Another Plan (Maddison

Wright) and Free Ticket (Wesley Boyd).

Peter a former successful jockey, and Ashley who works at a Hunter Valley mine at Ravensworth, started their winning spree when Master Cramsie led throughout to beat Making Shadows (Brent Evans) and Late Return (Maddison Wright) in the Kemway and Clark Handicap.

The other winners for Peter and Ashley were Brooklyn Beach and Free Billy, with both very well ridden to take advantage of openings in the straight. Ridge Wilson, in a good exhibition, gained rails runs on the Leon Cross, Warialda-trained Selaw to score a close win over One Sock (Angela Taylor) and Work and Chat (Maddison Wright) in the Northwest Events Maiden Plate.

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Ever-Expanding Stable Theresa Bateup has become an emerging force in the Kembla Grange training ranks over the past three seasons and is relishing the challenge of her growing stable Story Courtesy Racing NSW • Images by Bradley Photographers

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hile Theresa has held her trainer’s licence for close to two decades, it’s only been in recent years that her numbers have gradually grown. She has doubled her stable size with ‘around 50 or 60 now on her books’ and about 30 in work at her base nearby to the Illawarra Turf Club.

Success has followed the trainer with that growth, particularly on country tracks up and down the South Coast. The 2017/18 season was her most successful to date with 25 winners at a strike rate of 10.3%, while she had a superb strike rate of 15.6% in the previous twelve months.

Theresa has enjoyed another strong season in 2018/19 and is keen to keep momentum rolling into her next campaign. “We are building up the quality of horse we have all the time and have done a lot of work at the yearling sales to get the young horses coming through,” she said.

“It has shown over the past couple of seasons with the yearlings we have purchased. We are very patient with the young ones. I don’t like to push them too hard too early. I am more or less guided by them. A lot of the ones we have purchased through the sales are now coming to the fore and winning their share of races.

“It is enjoyable process because I probably started off with a few of the tried horses which teaches you a lot. I still love getting tried horses and trying to get them going, but it is very rewarding when you buy something as a yearling and see it develop over the years.”

Theresa has had success with several bargain buys including Fleeting Stryke, a $2000 purchase which has banked more than $130,000 in prizemoney. And while she has been more active at the sales in recent times, her success has helped grow her stable.

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“With a bit of success, you have owners who send their horses our way,” she said. “Paul Nottage has been a big support to me. He breeds his own horses and breeds about a half dozen each year and we are receiving them to train, including some really nice ones.

“I probably don’t have one main owner, Paul is my biggest owner numbers wise, but I have a lot of small owners. They can have many people with small shares in them, but they all love to go to the races and have a good time while cheering their horse on.”

Theresa acquired her trainer’s licence in 2002 after moving to the Illawarra District from Cootamundra to study a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at the University of Wollongong.

For the bulk of her training career, she juggled a career away from the track in her role as a Team leader/performance Manager for the Department of Human Services. Since starting a family, Theresa has continued to fulfil the role part-time in various stints when not on maternity leave and she believes it’s been beneficial to her training career.

“It was nice balance,” she said. “It gets the brain away from racehorses because they can send you a bit crazy at times. It was nice to be thinking about something else because they are totally different worlds. I enjoy my position there and I am a very mathematical person.

“I was actually doing a lot of data analysis and that sort of thing when I was there, which all comes in handy in the racehorse business because it’s not just about training racehorses anymore.

“There is so much more to it, including the records you need to keep, including keeping up with the rules as they change. You need to have a handle on lots of things, not just training a racehorse.”

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Runner up - Stepanie Kwong (left) with Judge Neil Grigg 4. Dashing Dude - Jason Crockett (middle), Steven Hicks

with Judge Sally Martin 5. Fashionable Fillies 1st - Kate Lynch (middle), Runner up - Louise Thomas (left) Local Filly - Jessica Willmer (right)

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5. Renee Bartlett Opryszko, Bede and Lorraine Pratt

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NATALIE’S Natalie Jarvis waited more than a decade to land her first metropolitan winner and when it arrived, she went desperately close to making it two city victories in the space of four days.

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atalie and her husband Luke came up with a strategy to entice owners to invest in racehorses and it’s working extremely well with a long list of happy owners.

“We found most owners don’t receive much information – usually they get an email when their horse is racing and that’s it,” Natalie said. “We wanted to go much further and create a point of difference and a major one is being completely transparent. We have webcams 24/7 on all our yards and anyone can log on and watch. We also had an app developed and the owners love it – it’s very user-friendly.

“We have owners all over the place. Some are in Sydney, but there are large groups of owners from places like Temora and Forbes.

“Our owners love to make a weekend of seeing their horses’ race, whether it’s in Sydney or down here. During Moruya Cup time, many owners come down and play golf, then go to the Cup Calcutta before heading to Cup day.”

Natalie and Luke, both 36, took up full-time racehorse training around five years ago.

“I grew up in Terrey Hills (32km out of Sydney) and my sister and I had horses and we went to pony club,” Natalie explained. “I still ride most of my horses work.”

Several years back to make ends meet, Natalie worked in accounts at Racing NSW in the Sydney CBD and Luke plied his trade as an electrician. During this time the couple prepared “one or two horses” at Hawkesbury Racecourse (62km away) and trained the horses at dawn before heading off to work – it made for long and trying days.

Natalie said, “I’d had a licence for a few years, so we decided we would have a go at full-time training, so I left Racing NSW about five years ago.

We moved to Kembla Grange and there we mapped out a plan to build a website and set-up what we call ‘Thorotek’ racing stables.

“Buying the horses is Luke’s forte. He likes to find suitable horses for the right price. He buys most horses online via Bloodstockauction.com or Inglis. And we play it pretty safe – we have the horse vetted and scoped prior to purchase. “We normally concentrate on maiden and class one horses and that way we can work them through their grades. Then hopefully they can step up to better class races down the track.

Natalie preparing very happy and healthy horses Sapphire Coast in March and a double on their home soil in April.

“We are gradually building our numbers. We were waiting for that ideal property and it finally came on the market at Moruya. We had eight horses when we arrived here two and a half years ago, but now we have 20 horses in work with a capacity for 28.

“It’s an excellent track as its sand-based, so when it rains we can still gallop the horses.

“The big difference is the horses are always in their yards [with shelters], and not stabled. They are not stressed and go on trail rides and wade in the river or the beach, so they are very happy horses and their mind is in a great place.”

Thorotek publishes a myriad of information for owners on social media with daily horse updates, training diaries, stable news, late mail on their runners, horses available and there’s even an owners’ guide.

And Natalie regularly rides trackwork with an on-board camera showing the gallop with sectional times displayed on the website.

One owner, Richard Barwick, said: “Natalie and Luke buy a lot of tried horses and syndicate them. They also have the best communication methods with owners, far out-weighing those of big-name city trainers and they have their own interactive app where they continually place updates … I believe they’ve nailed it!”

“Unlike buying a yearling and waiting a long time before they race, the ones we purchase are virtually ready to go. Owners buy into our horses and they have so much fun; they get friends into other horses and it keeps going from there.”

One such product is five-year-old Resort whom they purchased for just $18,000 in November last year and he has since won at Rosehill Gardens and returned $52,000 in prizemoney. Resort won at Rosehill Gardens on the Wednesday (February 27), before Air Free was beaten half a neck in a Highway at Royal Randwick on the Saturday (March 2). The run has been continuing with the Jarvis stable capturing a winning double at

One of the stable’s gallopers, Malachi Crunch (Brock Ryan), storms home to score at Moruya

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On the Road

Tye and Trapeze Artist

EDITION # 4

PHOTOGRAPHING A RELATIONSHIP Champion jockey Tye Angland was tragically injured in a race fall in Hong Kong in December and was diagnosed a quadriplegic. These images captured at Widden Stud are definitely some of my favourite images I’ve ever captured.

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hen I enlarged this photo on my laptop at Widden, I was so emotional, as was Tye when I showed him

Tye and his wife Erin have been so incredibly strong and courageous as they have dealt with this life changing event. When Tye was reunited with Trapeze Artist who he rode to Group 1 Victory, it was one of the most incredible and touching moments I have ever witnessed, let alone had the honour of photographing. The gentleness of Trapeze as he greeted his “mate” Tye, by placing his hoof on Tye’s leg and bowing at him, with his eyes closed, was just breathtaking. The fact that Tye is reaching out to touch him, shows how far he has come since that fateful day and it was so fantastic to see him getting better all the time.

Tye was not just a champion jockey, but he is a champion person and his courage and strength is truly testament to the type of person he is and his will to get better every day. I wish him and Erin all the best.

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with SHARON LEE CHAPMAN - FAST TRACK PHOTOGRAPHY

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STALLION PARADES

Dissident at Newgate

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Highland Reel at Swettenham

Puissance de Lune at Swettenham

Love Conquers All at Sun Stud

Highland Reel at Swettenham

Join me each quarter in “On the Road” where I’ll be sharing a few of my favourite shoots and photo tips!

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Sioux Nation at Swettenham

National Defence at Sun Stud

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How Well Does Your Horse

RECOVER FROM STRESS? Stress is both an angel and a demon: On the one hand, it pushes us forward to adapt, achieve and strengthen muscles, and on the other hand it can kill us prematurely.

Building strength rather than wearing out is dependent on ability to recover from stress: And the quality of recovery is dependent on magnesium status.

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ow magnesium causes acute stress responses, inflammation, acidosis and metabolic syndrome. The body can literally break down with premature ageing as a result of chronic magnesium deficiency.

Magnesium deficiency can result from a number of causes: Excessive stress causes increased loss of magnesium, insufficient magnesium in diet, exposure to toxic chemicals, and sometimes there are genetic causes for excessive magnesium loss. If your horse is acting up and easily spooked, if their body is bracing or they are experiencing pain or hoof sensitivity, chances are they have magnesium deficiency and would benefit greatly from adding natural magnesium chloride salt flakes to daily feeds.

When animals are tensed and in the ‘fight or flight’ mode it is called the ‘sympathetic mode’. This is when the blood rushes to extremities ready for quick-twitch muscle firing to escape danger or to fight the predator.

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During this phase the digestive system stops, as does the cellular detox and cell-building systems. When the danger is gone, the horse relaxes back into the ‘parasympathetic mode’ (sometimes called grazing or ‘rest and digest’ mode) – where digestion and the other systems return to normal.

If a horse is constantly in a stressed sympathetic mode the body cannot adequately digest foods and extract nutrients.

Muscles Need a Lot of Magnesium and Water For muscles to have a good tone with strength and flexibility they need to be ‘trained’ with exercise, but also provided with sufficient recovery nutrients – most especially magnesium. Magnesium is essential for protein synthesis, including enzymes, collagen and elastin. These help keep muscles flexible and stretchy.

Magnesium chloride attracts water and helps hold it inside the cell

to maintain good hydration. Magnesium and water keep us younger, more flexible and ‘juicier’ longer! They are essential for cell membrane integrity and electrolyte charge [4, 5]. If magnesium drops too low the cell wall depolarises (drops in charge) and therefore becomes looser, allowing escape of valuable hydration and potassium ions, as well as too much ingress of calcium ions (which contract). If you lose too much magnesium and potassium your heart muscle can cramp in cardiac arrest.

Over-Calcified The loss of magnesium and hydration is what leads to the crumpling and squeezing effect of the cramp, as calcium moves in to contract the muscle fibres. Yes, we do need the calcium to contract, but magnesium performs the relaxation phase via its control of the calcium channels.

With chronic magnesium deficiency over time, muscles, ligaments and joints get dehydrated, stiffer and more calcified – or older, harder and crunchier faster!

Both horses and humans alike are more likely to be magnesiumdeficient than calcium-deficient these days. There is a real danger in getting too much calcium. As magnesium gets too low, calcium becomes a tough bully and suppresses the work of magnesium. Here is the conclusion of a significant horse study which shows the impact of excess calcium (hypercalcemia) in upsetting electrolyte balance: “Hypercalcemia resulted in hypomagnesemia, hypokalemia, and hyperphosphatemia; increased urinary excretion of calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, phosphate, and chloride; and induced diuresis. This study has clinical implications because hypercalcemia and excessive administration of calcium have the potential to increase urinary excretion of electrolytes, especially iMg, and induce volume depletion.” [6] Magnesium chloride flakes (food grade) can be added in smaller quantity (half to one cup per day) for noticeable benefits: better hydration, easier on the digestive system and more palatable for the horse.

Calm the Horse: Get Better Performance Not only is it more common for performance horses to suffer from stress and therefore lose excessive amounts of magnesium due to training and travelling, but the difference and improvement to performance with magnesium chloride supplementation is quite remarkable. Race horses have demonstrated rapid improvement in muscle recovery during agistment between races. Dressage riders have also noted calmer and more controllable horses when their magnesium needs are fully met.

Stomach Ulcers?

If the horse has acidosis and/or stomach ulcers these issues will need to be met via dietary changes with possibly some toxin binders and bicarbonate of soda treatment before oral magnesium chloride supplementation. While waiting for the gut to heal you can use magnesium chloride soaked in a bandage or towel and applied over the rump and muscle area to absorb and induce muscle relaxation.

Horses can also absorb magnesium ions via skin like humans, which soothes muscle tension and enhances healing.

FOOTNOTE: As with any changes to a horse’s diet, introduce new elements like magnesium chloride in small increments for the first month.

By Sandy Sanderson B.A., Uni NSW. ©2016-2019

Sandy Sanderson is the founder and CEO of Elektra Life Pty Ltd since 2008, which supplies food grade magnesium chloride to the human and horse markets via the brands ‘Elektra Magnesium’ and ‘Magnesium4horses. com.au’. Prior to that she nearly lost her life with severe heart arrhythmia

caused by magnesium deficiency, but was able to fully recover by adding magnesium chloride to her daily lifestyle routine. She now writes articles and presents seminars to help educate the public about the benefits of magnesium chloride for humans and horses. www.elektramagnesium.com.au and www.magnesium4horses.com.au

REFERENCES: 1. Malpuech-Brugère, C., et al., Inflammatory response following acute magnesium deficiency in the rat. Biochimica et Biophysica

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Global Glamour returned $3.11 Million to her female owners from $65,000 purchase price as a Yearling in 2015.

40 Female Owners; 7 Countries; $1.561 Million Prizemoney & Sold for $1.55 Million to Coolmore/Gerry Harvey/James Bester.

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he real life, fairy-tale of the dual Group One, winning all-female owned mare, Global Glamour came full circle today with her much-anticipated return to the Magic Millions Sales ring.

Global Glamour, in foal to Zoustar, was sold by her owners’ syndicate ‘It’s All About the Girls’ for $1.55 Million to Coolmore/Gerry Harvey/ James Bester at the 2019 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast.

“Thanks to Katie’s game changing initiative ‘It’s All About The Girls’ certainly lived the dream and had so much fun racing this fabulous filly - GG is a gift that just keeps on giving! We will be back at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale next January to find another,” said Elaine.

The It’s All About the Girls’ syndicate founders, Anna Seitz (US based) and Elaine “Legs” Lawlor (UK & Australia based) brought together a stellar group of female thoroughbred businesswomen and enthusiasts from around the world. The original purchase of Global Glamour in January 2015 was a demonstration of international support for the Magic Millions Racing Women’s (MMRW) Bonus, the brain-child of Magic Millions co-owner Katie Page-Harvey.

“Global Glamour has brought so much joy to so many people – not just her owners. I love this horse. I followed her every career-move and have delighted in her Group One wins. She has created friendships that will endure long after today. Not to mention she has made the Global Glamour girls over $3.11 Million in prizemoney and proceeds from the sale today. How good is that!” Katie said.

Global Glamour is just one of almost 1000 thoroughbreds that have been registered in all female ownership since the MMRW initiative started seven years ago.

Katie Page-Harvey hosted a group of the Global Glamour connections ring-side to mark the milestone sale.

“This mare embodies everything that Magic Millions Racing Women stands for. It is different when you are the owner. The win feels different. A thrill that is shared – whether in person track-side or watching live on your mobile at 2am on the other side of the world.

Global Glamour and happy connections after winning the G1 MRC Thousand Guineas

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“When I think of this remarkable horse I am reminded of an allimportant woman in this equation – Gai Waterhouse. If I think about it she is my muse. I had spent years working hard at how I could best support this phenomenal woman. Magic Millions Racing Women was the answer.

“The other woman who has been with me from the beginning of the Magic Millions Racing Women is Zara Phillips. I couldn’t have done it without her. She agreed to be the MMRW Patron, and as our Patron she personifies everything about MMRW – Olympic medallist in equestrian; determined; informed and horses of all disciplines are in her blood.

Zara also saw first-hand the prowess and passion of the women in the thoroughbred industry, yet could see there was a gap in this expertise translating to ownership. Today is a watershed for both of us.

“That Gai trained Global Glamour, owned by 40 women from seven countries united by the visionaries “Legs” Lawlor and Anna Seitz. That is why I am emotional. I will be forever grateful to these extraordinary women who are Global Glamour. Their support of Magic Millions

Racing Women in the early days means everything. Their support, coupled with their expert eye, has delivered them $3.11 Million. It is why Magic Millions means everything to me. The horses bring us together – from all over the world.”

Global Glamour At-A-Glance: Sire:

Star Witness

Dam:

Spectacula

Breeder:

Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm

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$65,000 at the 2015 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale

Syndicate:

‘It’s All About the Girls’ Manager - Elaine “Legs” Lawlor

Wins:

5 Wins from 19 Starts (including 2016 Group One ATC Flight Stakes & 2016 Group One MRC Thousand Guineas)

Trainer:

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott

Prizemoney:

$1,561,400

Global Glamour & Tim Clark winning the G1 Flight Stakes at Randwick.

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Girls Grammar Race Day

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The hospitality marquees and trackside at Callaghan Park were aglow with colour, flowers and spectacular fashion for this race day which has become a premier social event in Central Queensland since it was established in 2002 by a committee of local business people as a major fundraiser for the school.

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he popularity of the race day continues to grow each year with the support of long term corporate sponsors and it is now seen as traditional country racing with a blend of sophistication featuring fine food and wines served in trackside marquees by school students mentored by professional wait staff.

Large fields were nominated as it was the first Saturday of the Rockhampton Winter Racing Carnival which culminates in the XXXX Gold Newmarket and Woollam Constructions Rockhampton Cup conducted on 6 and 7 July 2019.

Fashions On The Field proved very popular with many stylishly dressed ladies and gents competing for prizes. Judged by Brisbane’s Dale Olsson, a regular visitor to the event, choosing a winner was not an easy decision, but the eventual winners were Kim Smoothy - Best-Dressed Lady and Trudie Payne – Best-Dressed Young Lady. Best-Dressed Gentleman was Ross Johnson while the Best Hat was worn by Teagan Shields.

Past students of the school took the opportunity to organise reunions at the event which enjoyed glorious sunshine on a perfect Winters day and much enjoyment was held by all.

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attersall’s Tiara Race Day capped off the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival in style, with over 6,000 attendees enjoying the ideal weather. Country Music Hall of Famer James Blundell wowed the crowd with country hits including ‘Way out West’ while the Fashions on the Field was popular among racegoers. Peta Wells took out the Ladies category and Hamish Lardi won the Mens. Invincibella crossed the line first for the Tattersall’s Tiara, while a real diamond, tanzanite, pink sapphire and keshi pearl encrusted white gold tiara, crafted by Adam Graham from AG Designer Jeweller, was raffled off, raising $18,000 for Legacy Brisbane.

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LYN BEAUMONT

Extraordinary Equine, Animal and Landscape Artist Lyn Beaumont is a horse owner and rider. Drawing horses has been a life-long interest for Lyn and she uses her extensive knowledge to create anatomically correct images of these magnificent animals. Lyn has also studied landscape and human portraiture for many years.

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yn has been commissioned by the Victoria Racing Club to paint ‘Australia’s Champion Racehorse of the Year’ on four separate occasions, and annually the ‘Kingston Town Greatness Award’ for the Moonee Valley Racing Club, plus several paintings for their sponsors.

Lyn has work hanging in the private residence of HRH Princess Anne, the Duchess of Bedford, Australian Stud Book, and many more. Her work hangs in private collections worldwide and around Australia, with exhibitions in New York and Dubai.

Lyn also paints other animals and her canine images are stunning.

Oil is Lyn’s preferred medium as it lends itself to the softness, yet the strength which is the essence of the horse.

A painting of your horse by Lyn is a perfect conversation piece for your home or office. A painting is also a wonderful gift. Either as a surprise or with a voucher.

Contact Lyn on 0415 563 400 or by email: lyn@lynbeaumont.com

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Historic Win for Hayley Turner at

ROYAL ASCOT

Whilst the tide seems to have turned for their counterparts in British jump-racing, with female jockeys’ success at the Cheltenham Festival now becoming commonplace, it has not been so easy for them this year at Royal Ascot. It has been over thirty years since a trainer’s daughter Gay Kelleway, became the first female to ride a winner at the Royal meeting, making Hayley Turner’s recent success on the 33-1 shot Thanks Be, something of a landmark, not just for her but for British racing.

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ayley’s mount, trained by Charlie Fellowes, was one of four horses in the Sandringham Stakes, appropriately a handicap for three-year-old fillies, to be partnered by a female rider. As she secured victory for the Simon and Emma Capon owned daughter of Mukhadram, she narrowly denied success to one of the United Kingdom’s more notable female owners, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth ll, whose Magnetic Charm, she beat by a neck.

The victory in the straight-mile contest was also an emotional one for owners Simon and Emma Capon. As Simon explained: “I was Charlie’s assistant for six months and we have had horses with Charlie for a good while now since he started training. It is a brilliant result, though with mixed emotions with Emma’s grandmother passing and my sister today was diagnosed with breast cancer. This win is for her. Thank you to all the team at Charlie’s, they are amazing.”

Hayley said: “I was always hopeful, because Charlie was actually quite confident even though she was a big price, but we didn’t have a great draw and she was an outsider, so you can only be so confident. I’m in disbelief!”

Emma Capon added: “We have always been involved in horses. My father Tom Wilson, his mother, my grandmother, passed away last week which is why he is not here today to share in this delight with us. It is a wonderful day and the filly ran exceptionally. Hayley gave her a fantastic ride.”

The win was not without drama however, as Hayley’s winning ride earned her a nine-day suspension and £1,600 fine for using her whip above the permitted level inside the last furlong and a half.

It was nearly four years ago that Hayley announced her retirement from the saddle, after a career that included Group 1 successes on Dream Ahead in the 2011 July Cup and Margot Did in the Nunthorpe Stakes a month later. She returned to the saddle in January of last year, winning Ascot’s Victoria Cup and the Group 3 Darley Stakes at Newmarket, having made a few appearances in between, and has been a standing dish at Ascot’s Shergar Cup fixture.

However, it was also a first Royal Ascot win for Charlie Fellowes, trainer of the Lexus Stakes winner and Melbourne Cup third placegetter, Prince Of Arran. He started out in 2014 and had moved to Bedford Lodge Stables in Newmarket, formerly the home of Luca Cumani, in April this year. Full of praise for his jockey Charlie commented: “Hayley is just a very, very good rider and I’m just so pleased for her. It’s a huge moment. Thanks Be is wonderful. I just felt like today would really suit her. I am so happy for the owners and delighted for the yard. They work so hard and without them I am nothing. To get a winner on the big stage like this means so much.

“What Hayley has done for this sport is phenomenal. She is the best female jockey that has ever ridden. Hayley rang me up two weeks ago and said can I come and ride out for you two days a week. She had ridden a winner for me at Newmarket earlier in the year, so I said good idea. We have always got on well and she has ridden for me a bit. The ride on Thanks Be came purely through that, because there are not many people that can ride at 8st and she rode her beautifully.”

Reflecting on her success Hayley said: “I think Royal Ascot is always difficult because it happens so early on in the season, by the end of the year I seem to have built up a relationship with my horses and I get better chances towards the second half of the year.

I was lucky enough for this filly to have eight stone, so I received the opportunity. Royal Ascot is hard, but it’s hard for everybody, not just the girls.”

On joining Gay Kelleway in the history books, who won the Queen Alexandra Stakes with Sprowston Boy in 1987, Hayley commented: “I’ve had a few placings, I finished second in the Albany last year and I finished third in one of the handicaps, so I’ve been knocking on the door, but fair play to Gay, she’s had those bragging rights for a long time!”

“I was hopeful a female rider would have a winner, but I would have liked it to be me, which it was!”

Kelleway, who now trains in Newmarket, who watched the race from Goodwood said: “It was great to see from afar and it’s a relief!

Hayley deserves it as she works very hard – I fancied Thanks Be and had a few quid on it.

“Hayley has always said to me she’s going to ride a Royal Ascot winner and now she’s done it. We’ve always had a bit of banter about it and it’s great for her.

“This is a really important moment for the sport and it just shows if the horse is good enough, the girls are good enough. It’s all about getting opportunities and the four girls that rode in the race all had good positions.

The girls are riding well and it proves they should be picking up chances, particularly on the low weights, as it’s a big advantage to be able to ride the bottom weights.”

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The career of Nottingham born Hayley, has already had its fair share of landmarks.

Unlike most of the UK’s leading female jockeys, her parents did not train, she was taught to ride by her mother who was a riding instructor, and later progressed to the Northern Racing College in Doncaster. Having ridden her first winner, Generate for Mark Polglase in 2000, she was apprenticed to Michael Bell in Newmarket, an association that lasted 13 years. She became the first female to be crowned Britain’s champion apprentice when partnering 44 winners during the 2005 Flat season.

She shared the title with Saleem Golam and was also only the fourth woman in Britain to ride out her apprentice claim, following Emma O’Gorman, Alex Greaves and Lisa Jones. Her success during the 2005 season led to Hayley being awarded a Lester for apprentice jockey of the year, the first female ever to gain that accolade and in 2008, she became the first female jockey to partner 100 winners in a calendar year in Britain.

Awarded an OBE in The Queen’s Birthday Honours list in June 2016, for services to horse racing, she is currently on a career win total of 825. That’s not far off a 500-winner margin between her and her nearest rival Cathy Gannon, who retired from race riding due to injury in 2016. Given her renewed enthusiasm for the sport, that margin looks likely to be passed, and who knows, at only 36, the goal of 1000 winners becomes less fanciful by the day.

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Windstar Cruises’ Star Breeze, pictured here in Lisbon, will be in Australia and New Zealand throughout the Summer of 2020/21

CRUISING

All Cruise Ships Great and Small At first glance, Australia’s Summer of cruising looks much like seasons past. Here, Richard Davey has found the hidden gems, and even a palace of dreams among the ever-growing flotilla of choice.

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ost readers of this publication need no introduction to the array of gemstones beneath the earth, and there are some grand cruise ships hoping to tempt you with names like Ruby Princess and her sisters named Diamond, Emerald and Sapphire. The latest in her fleet to call Australia and New Zealand home, this Ruby, like all Princess Cruises’ ships is a polished act with entertainment, food and destination experiences moulded from 50 years of experience of sailing around the world – at an affordable price. However, if you want to really feel royal and sail in The Palace, then Explorer Dream will be the choice for you. The Palace is a hidden gem, a private club for just 84 suite guests on a ship that carries 1,800 passengers. Think of it as the Members’ Enclosure or the Chairman’s Club. It is a sanctuary for those who like to have the best of both worlds - to be on a ship with a vibrant array of entertainment, food choices and activities, but also have the

ability to retreat to your own private restaurant, private club lounge and private pool and deck area. Read more about Dream Cruises and Explorer Dream’s maiden season in Australia below.

Windstar Cruises’ motor yacht Wind Spirit pictured here in Moorea, sails in and out of Cairns in 2020

The Main pool aboard Silver Muse. One of the longest at sea and best in class

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A couple of real little gems will be in Australia in 2020. They belong to the independently owned Windstar Cruises. The hybrid motor and sailing yacht Wind Spirit that usually calls Tahiti home needs to sail to Singapore for her scheduled dry docking and maintenance, as all ships must do from time to time. This will see her sail through Fiji and Indonesia in either direction and calling at Cairns on 7th March and again on 1st June. It’s a unique opportunity to sample this relaxed and romantic style of cruising so close to home. Later in 2020 and into 2021, Windstar’s newly remodelled Star Breeze formerly the much loved Seabourn Spirit will spend the summer in Australia and New Zealand, offering a truly private yacht-like experience.

More Silver for Australia The concept of sailing in true luxury on a one-class ship where almost all of the fine food and sublime beverages are included is a relatively new one.

Founded as a family company, Silversea Cruises has just sailed into an era of new ownership with the funding of its expansion and future assured.

Silversea have been at the forefront of this form of cruising for over 25 years now, and throughout that time, have included Australia and New Zealand among their most regular destinations. The newest ship in their fleet, Silver Muse was immediately sent here as a new ship and is backing up for another season.

On visiting Silver Muse in Sydney, I was heartened to see that this, their largest ship yet, has managed to preserve the small ship feel while being able to take advantage of the greater space that is afforded. For many, a good swimming pool is an important factor in their decision of which ship they cruise on and the pool aboard this ship is of a most generous size and has really stolen a march on their competitors. A larger ship also means more dining choices, and with food always a highlight aboard Silversea, perhaps it means you need to be aboard for longer to enjoy it all. Another hallmark of the smaller luxury lines is better, more relaxing itineraries with less compromise and Silversea now has grown the fleet to be able to offer a truly staggering array of destinations around the globe. So the reasons for choosing Silversea are many, and now even the fares are less of a barrier. At the time of writing, the Australian Dollar has seen better days, but Silversea are offering Australian Dollar fares that for many sailings are simply the best that they are offering anywhere in the world, and for that, they ought to be congratulated.

Living inside The Palace - The Palace Restaurant aboard Explorer Dream, overlooking the private deck and pool area

most exclusive private club on any ship, anywhere. With just 42 suites, it is the seagoing equivalent of flying First Class or staying on a club floor at a top hotel. A private club, private restaurant and private pool area with classy cabanas awaits.

Oceania Cruises – the finest cuisine at sea?

For some, there are more important things than food on their cruise holiday, such as the destinations and whether the sun is shining. For many of us though, the idea of savouring beautiful pastas, salads, meats and seafood – and deserts - whilst quaffing on Champagne or a Californian Chardonnay as we watch the world go by, is our idea of bliss. We need to choose our cruise lines carefully, as some cater to us, while others are busy creating their latest theme parks at sea. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s horses for courses, about six courses preferably!

For Oceania Cruises to claim to have The Finest Cuisine at Sea – and to trademark it – is a bold move indeed. There are quite a few cruise lines who are putting a lot of resources into their food delivery. A wise man once told me never to promise too much in case you cannot deliver, but at a recent lunch aboard one of Oceania’s ships in Sydney, the food more than lived up to the promise. In Brisbane, the editor of this publication was also hosted onboard and was similarly impressed. However, it really does not matter what we think or what we write. The best experience I have had with Oceania Cruises’ food was when clients of mine returned home from cruising the Baltic Sea aboard Oceania’s Marina and they recounted how their dining experiences onboard helped make this the holiday of a lifetime, even though they were already well travelled. The finest cuisine at sea? Yes, it’s mighty fine!

Racing and Golf Cruises with Ambassador Travel.

As ever, 2020’s racing tour highlight for my company Ambassador Travel is the Royal Ascot Meeting in June. For 2020, join us on the rivers of Europe as we are offering the option of joining one of two European river cruises in early June before crossing the Channel for Ascot week. The French cruise meanders from Lyon to Nice or you can choose to cruise the Rhine between Amsterdam and Basel. We are also planning cruises that will take you to the British Open Golf in 2020 and 2021 in England and Scotland respectively.

About the writer: Richard Davey is Cruise Manager at Ambassador Travel. A recognised authority on cruising, he has sailed around the world the most remarkable ships of our time. His weekly segments are heard on Radio 2GB Sydney and 4BC Brisbane. Ambassador Travel is a Preferred Sales Agent for Dream Cruises and key partner with Oceania Cruises and Silversea Cruises and other fine cruise lines.

Australia’s newest cruise line is here The Summer season of 2019/20 has brought us a new cruise line with sailings from Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. Dream Cruises’ first ship to visit Australia, Explorer Dream will turn heads each week as one of the largest ships ever to pass under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and Brisbane’s Gateway. The first few 7-night cruises feature Newcastle and Queensland with the choice of sailing from Sydney or Brisbane. There will be a few New Zealand Cruises out of Auckland before a return to Sydney for several Tasmania and Victoria cruises. With affordable fares and drinks packages, Australians will love the value and fun being offered, along with food offerings that include Mark Best’s Seafood Grill as Sydney’s most awarded chef goes al fresco. For those who like to cruise in extra style and comfort, and happy to pay for a sublime experience the Dream Palace suites include access to the

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BARBARA BLACKIE

World’s Oldest Racehorse Trainer Passes Away Centenarian Barbara Blackie, widely recognised as the oldest racehorse trainer in the world, passed away at home in Christchurch on Friday, August 30th, reported NZ Racing Desk. The Canterbury horsewoman celebrated her one hundredth birthday in July with family and friends and continued to enjoy training Diplomat, her sole horse in work.

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Her mental faculties were right up there with the best and she just was a very classy lady.”

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Amazingly, Barbara didn’t start training until late in her fifties, according to her daughter Angie Bott, who said, “Before that she was heavily involved with horses, she was a top Dressage Judge and she was also into Eventing.” Barbara’s funeral service took place at Riccarton Park Racecourse on Thursday September 5th.

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t is with great sadness that Racing Victoria (RV) and the Victorian Jockeys Association (VJA) advised the sad passing of 22-year-old apprentice jockey Mikaela as a result of injuries sustained in a trackwork accident at the Cranbourne Training Centre on Thursday, August 29th.

Mikaela was dislodged from her horse while riding on the sand trails on the southern side of the Training Centre at approximately 4.35am. She was attended to by the on-course Paramedic but was tragically unable to be saved.

Mikaela was inducted into RV’s Apprentice Jockey Training Program in 2015 and was apprenticed to trainer Allan Clarke at Hamilton. A back injury saw her riding career put on hold for an extended period, during which time she undertook and ultimately completed a Bachelor of Primary Education.

Mikaela returned to the saddle riding trackwork in 2017, after moving to Echuca under the tutelage of trainers Donna Gaskin and Mick Cornish.

She made her race riding debut at Wangaratta in August 2018 aboard King’s Hand, finishing second, and celebrated her maiden victory aboard the same horse at Echuca in September.

Mikaela, who this year transferred her apprenticeship to trainer Ken Keys at Cranbourne, went on to win another 28 races during her short riding career, the most recent at Sale on July 11th.

RV Chief Executive Giles Thompson said, “On behalf of the Victorian racing industry, I would like to extend our prayers and heartfelt condolences to Mikaela’s family and friends on the tragic news of her passing as a result of the training accident.

“Mikaela was a talented young rider, who was pursuing a career in the sport she loved. She was a much loved and valuable member of the racing community and her sad passing is being felt by many within our industry”.

Victorian Jockeys Association (VJA) Chief Executive, Matt Hyland said, “The VJA and our members are incredibly saddened by the loss of our colleague and friend Mikaela Claridge, and extend our condolences to her family and friends.

“We are all going to miss Mikaela’s bright smile and positive mental attitude. After injury initially stalled her apprenticeship, she had started to build a really promising riding career over the past 12 months working with horses she loved. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with Mikaela’s family, friends and fellow riders who we are supporting in association with Racing Victoria and the National Jockeys Trust.”

Cranbourne Turf Club (CTC) Chief Executive, Neil Bainbridge said, “This was a tragic accident and one that has deeply saddened all at the Cranbourne Turf Club and our local racing community.

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horoughbred Racing SA is deeply saddened by the tragic death of jockey Melanie Tyndall 32, who lost her life following a race fall in Darwin on Saturday August 31st. The news has shocked the local racing community in South Australia, where Melanie commenced her riding career.

Melanie was first indentured as an apprentice to trainer Gordon Richards in August 2008 and was granted permission to ride in races in December that same year. She rode in her first race at Ceduna on December 2008, before riding her first winner at the same track on Brookman in January 2009.

Melanie subsequently transferred to Jim Smith in October 2009 before later transferring her indentures to Gary Searle at Gawler in November 2010. She was granted permission to ride in the Metropolitan area in May 2011 and, in August that same year, she rode her first Metropolitan winner on the Gary Searle-trained Grant Taj at Morphettville.

Fifty-six of Melanie’s 150 career wins came in South Australia. Notably, Melanie rode seven trebles in her career; one each at Broken Hill and Roxby Downs, two at Katherine and three in Darwin.

Melanie was an exceptional individual, with impeccable manners and an exemplary demeanour. She was also a fine horsewoman and was a highly respected member of the TRSA Apprentice Academy during her time as an apprentice.

TRSA extends its sincere condolences to Melanie’s family and friends.

She will always be remembered not only as a true professional who dearly loved horses, but also for her beautiful personality. Melanie will be sadly missed by all.

“WorkSafe have commenced an investigation into the incident and the Club will afford them every support in doing so. On behalf of the Club, I wish to extend our sincere condolences to Mikaela’s family and friends on her tragic passing. She was a popular member of the Cranbourne racing community and will be sadly missed.”

RV, VJA, CTC, Country Racing Victoria (CRV) and the National Jockeys Trust are also working together to support Mikaela’s family, local racing community and industry employees with counselling and support.

Members of the racing industry are encouraged to utilise the free, confidential counselling service STABLELINE on 1300 530 122 if they are in need of support at this tragic time.

Ladies in RACING Magazine extends their deepest condolences to family, friends and all work colleagues of Barbara, Michaela and Melissa.

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ZINZINO’S

Concept Is To Balance Your Body Science and technology are developing at the fastest rate in human history. We now know more about nutrition and wellness than ever before. So why are our health challenges increasing?

Z

INZINO is one of the leaders in the new science of pharmacronutrition and believe they have the answer by simply testing our Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio and then providing aBalanceOil that helps bring our bodies back into balance.

Science’s new look at bringing the body back into balance, involves the ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3 essential fatty acids. Both are essential and vital to several functions in our bodies. The problem is the imbalances between these fatty acids have been created by changes in our diet over the past number of years.

Too much dietary Omega-6 in your body creates imbalance. A low intake of the essential Omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA creates imbalance.

The problem is that we eat more Omega-6 and a lot less Omega-3.

Where you want to be: Ratio 3:1 Science recommends you have a ratio of 3:1 between essential fatty acids Omega-6 and Omega-3.

People who take an Omega-3 Supplement: Shockingly even people who take an Omega-3 supplement have an average ratio of 13:1.

Where you probably are: People who don’t take an Omega-3 Supplement are out of balance with anything from 13:1 to 21:1 and above.

The Zinzino BalanceOil is a Scandinavian product that is a combination of fish and olive oil, that yields a product that contributes to the maintenance of normal vision, muscle function and bone structure to mention just a few of the amazing benefits it provides.

OUR UNIQUE COMBINATION OMEGA-3 + POLYPHENOLS = RESULTS

Wild Fish Oil and Algae BalanceOil contains the highest quality fish oil that is derived from small pelagic fish such as sardines, anchovies and mackerel that feed off algae that have a high content of beta carotene, omega 3 and vitamin D. BalanceOil Vegan comes from the marine micro algae Schizochytrium sp. that is rich in the Omega fatty acids EPA and DHA.

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Polyphenols are from Olives BalanceOil contains a special cold - pressed extra virgin pre- harvest oil from Spanish GMO free picual olives. It is rich in Omega-9 but is selected for its high content of polyphenols.

These polyphenols bring with it a protection factor that goes beyond anything we have seen before, when omega 3 is the subject. It is also one of the strongest antioxidants there is to protect the fish oil, not only in the bottle, but also in your body when reacting with digestive enzymes, stomach acid and bile etc. Normally Vitamin E is used for this, but higher dosages of vitamin E can be toxic, so we cannot use enough vitamin E to protect the oil sufficiently when it comes into our bodies and reacts with digestive enzymes etc.

The Zinzino Balance Test The balance test that Zinzino offers; tests for 11 different fatty acids, and the Omega 6 to Omega 3 ratio, which should be 3:1 to be out of the danger zone.

The BalanceOil comes in 3 flavours, lemon, vanilla and lemon/orange/ mint. There are also 3 types of BalanceOil to cater for specific needs: Regular, Water Soluble and there is a Vegan option as well.

To find out more about these amazing oils and how to get your body back into balance please contact us via email Robert.Horkings@Zinzino.com and mention Ladies in RACING Magazine.

For further information visit http://GetZinzino.com

Ladies In RACING Magazine Trussardi Riflesso Blue Vibe A vibrant new release from Italian House of Trussardi, is for the modern city guy who knows exactly what he wants.

It is both sensual and creative, while sporty and professional.

In other words, it is a multi-tasker, taking its vibe and energy from the buzz of the city. he fragrance has been created by world renowned perfumer, Veronique Nyberg.

RRP $105 50ml from David Jones, Myer and selected perfumeries

What e v o L e W

Temelli Jewellery

Muck Boots

Temelli Jewellery has released a beautiful new season collection that includes these stunning diamond set bracelets available in 18ct yellow, white or rose gold.

Featuring high quality diamonds, encased in settings with a delicate bracelet, the pieces are also available in necklaces.

The Original Muck® Boot Company Extreme cold conditions are no problem for Muck Boot’s latest range, whether to and from the slopes, après skiing at the lodge or out to dinner at a restaurant, Muck Boot’s® has a functional and fashionable style for everyone in the family.

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Grammy Winning and Multi-Platinum Recording Artist

Ariana Grande

Launches Her New Fragrance

THANK U, NEXT

The fragrance THANK U, NEXT embodies Grande’s smash hit and anthem song “thank u, next”, which debuted at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 and at the time, went on to break the record for the mostwatched music video with 55 million YouTube views in under 24 hours.

Catanachs

Rain Caper

Stunning handmade ruby diamond scallop edged cluster ring set in 18ct white gold.

This great cape is perfect for those race days that a shower of rain looks like it is lurking.

Richly hued 1.61ct oval Burmese ruby surrounded by 14 white brilliant cut diamonds totalling 1.00ct. This beautiful ring has been handmade in our workshop by one of our most experienced jewellers.

Reversible - 2 looks in 1. Folds up into matching travel pouch with snap-on strap for your tote, car, briefcase or travel bag. Generous hood yet is less bulky than a raincoat or jacket. One size fits most; two shell buttons for adjustable fit.

A classic design with a modern twist.

100% polyester. Machine wash. $95.00

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find them at

“Thank u, next” has become the phrase of the year, symbolizing moving on and looking up; taking control in a positive and self-affirming way, always with a sense of humor. Coming off the exciting win of the 2019 Fragrance of the Year for Cloud, Ariana understood the importance of building a strong platform for her next brand and was the visionary behind extending the “thank u, next” franchise into fragrance.

The THANK U, NEXT brand has a sexy playfulness and sensibility that is empowering for her fans around the world.

This highly anticipated fragrance, is being distributed in Australia by ESCENTIALS Brands, will launch exclusively online with Chemist Warehouse, My Beauty Spot and My Chemist September 1, 2019 and in stores nationwide at Chemist Warehouse, My Beauty Spot and My Chemist September 26, 2019.

www.chemistwarehouse.com.au

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MAOR ZABAR to open

HATTEMBER! World renowned Israeli milliner Maor Zabar heads to Rozelle, Sydney, to open the popular Hattember Millinery and Wearable Art competition and to run a series of Masterclasses featuring his unique ‘architectural meets art’ headpieces at Embellish® Atelier Couture Millinery business.

M

aor is known for his distinctive, sculptural designs, which are as technical as they are whimsical. Local millinery identities Neil Grigg, and Rebecca Read, and talented Canberra Milliner Christine Waring are also part of the judging panel.

Don’t miss out on the Gala evening announcing the winners along with a spectacular display of competition pieces, and a sample of Maor’s incredible work. A selection of Embellish® Atelier hats and headpieces will also be on show. At the Gala you can purchase a fabulous headpiece and also vote for your favourite Hattember piece.

Hatters Millinery Supplies Hattember event called upon Milliners and Artisans alike to push the boundaries of their creativity using a curated bag of materials. The Hattember Competition is the brainchild of Catherine Kelly, award winning milliner and founder of the Couture Millinery business Embellish® Atelier. A percentage of the profits from the competition and proceeds from the Gala will benefit the John Skipper Kelly Fund, a charity in memory of Catherine’s late husband, which sponsors scholarship opportunities for young people promoting social change.

For this year’s competition, the entrants were offered two categories – Racewear and Wearable Art. With entrants from Australia, England, New Zealand and Spain, the creations are sure to be unique, diverse and exceptionally creative. We acknowledge generous sponsorship from Ladies in Racing Magazine, The Hat Magazine, HaTalk E-magazine, Hatters Millinery Supplies, and Terry Carter Blocks for the competition prizes.

Gala Event Bookings—https://events.humanitix.com.au/hattember-gala-2019 Maor Zabar Workshops: – Sydney Series www.hattersmilinerysupplies.com.au Maor Zabar: – Adelaide Series. www.hattersmillinerysupplies.com Hattember: www.hattember.com Embellish® Atelier : www.embellish-hats.com John Skipper Kelly Fund – a sub-fund of the Sydney Community Foundation www.jskfund.com.au

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2019

As the Spring Racing Carnival approaches, the fashion focus for Cup Time in Melbourne turns to elegant outfits and eye catching hats.

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e are pleased to announce that The Hats for Spring Racing Millinery Pop-Up Shop will open again this year in Melbourne, and we are very fortunate in that the prestigious Como Centre has welcomed us back to our spacious shop on the corner of Toorak Road and River Street in South Yarra.

Except for public holidays in Melbourne, we will be open every day for six weeks, starting from Wednesday, October 2nd until Saturday, November 9th.

A special VIP millinery event will be held for guests to celebrate our opening on Wednesday, October 2nd and details will be on our Instagram page which is hatsforspringracing. We welcome enquiries for this event via our Instagram page or mobile 0473 848 034.

The Shop is the collaboration of eight professional milliners who will offer a collection of unique hats and headwear.

They are: Christine Martin, Delphine Nicholson, Jennifer Wood, June Edwards, Karin Goodman, Margaret Watson, Maya Kalan and Michele Cameron. Milliners from interstate and from overseas will also be adding their own distinctive designs to our wide range.

Every hat is an exclusive design, one off piece and made to complement the racing outfits of women attending Spring Racing Carnival events. You will be able to find anything you need for major race days, Cup Week racing, fashion parades and ladies lunches. Many of our clients bring in their outfits so that they can get a ‘complete look’ and also to coordinate their colours.

Two professional milliners will be in attendance every day to offer their expert advice and to assist clients with their headwear and to ensure that they are worn correctly.

The Millinery Pop Up Shop can be accessed through our Instagram address which is: hatsforspringracing The mobile is 0473 848 034 and all enquiries are most welcome.

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Millinery We Love Alison Clark Millinery

Winter Millinery

Learning and mastering her craft in Melbourne, Alison has taken her magic around the world, from the catwalks of Europe and back to home turf to compete with the best at the Melbourne races. From classic to romantic pieces to the eccentric, Alison has defined a unique brand which is emerging as one of the most sought after millinery labels amongst the Queensland celebrity racing scene. Alison possesses a genuine talent for style selection matched to individual personality and taste, Using only the highest quality materials and combining traditional techniques with a modern twist, her pieces dare you to take the lead and be the talking point at your next event.

Alison teaches her craft both in her studio and around Australia. Have Alison come to your town or your office for a unique experience. All the pieces are created at her Brisbane studio and consultations are welcomed by appointment.

0407 507 717

www.alisonclarkmillinery.com.au Like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram

Belle Folie

Shop 29, Gallery Level, The Brisbane Arcade

Ascot Hats is a Brisbane millinery label specializing in bespoke racing hats and fascinators, bridal headpieces, and custom-made headwear for gentlemen. Leading milliner; Pamela Cameron has a fashionforward focus with all hats, fascinators, and headpieces created as one-off designs.

Select ‘Shop’ to see the collections available now p 0439 872 821 e ascothats@gmail.com

www.ascothats.com.au

CRAZY TEAPOT

UNIQUE & INDIVIDUAL MILLINERY & ACCESSORIES Ready to wear or custom made.

Appointments Recommended

0432 696 500

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TRADE HOURS Monday - Friday Saturday belle.folie.designs

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Millinery We Love

Hatters Winter Millinery Millinery Supplies

Dezignz by Maree

128 Victoria Rd, Rozelle NSW, 2039

1300 HATTER

Online and in-store Quality products for your creativity

hattersmillinerysupplies.com.au

Marilyn Van den Berg Millinery

is the creative label of Rachel Cockrell, a qualified milliner and a member of the Millinery Association of Australia who has been creating millinery excellence for over eight years.

WENDY SCULLY MILLINERY Handmade. Original. Creative

Featured in Harper’s Bazaar, British Vogue, Australian Vogue, Elle and Marie Claire, Marilyn Van den Berg Millinery has been worn by celebrities and racing royalty.

Not only a milliner, but an accomplished stylist, Rachel has styled many events, editorials and campaigns including the Australian Women’s Runway Show for Spring, Summer ‘18/’19 New York Fashion Week. Racing fashion wise she has styled many Fashions on the Field entrants to prestigious competition event finals and wins.

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wendyscullymillinery@gmail.com

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BUSINESS

On Our Bookshelf LET’S GET REAL

Book Reviews

By Luke Harris & Matthew Bateman RRP $29.95

Available from www.majorstreetpublishing.com.au

People invest in property for many different reasons; whether to leave a nest egg for their kids, retire early or travel - discovering your ‘why’ is key to achieving long-term success. Since establishing The Property Mentors four years ago after their own property investment success, the authors have helped thousands of Australians get on the road to achieving their financial freedom.

An easy to follow, jargon-free guide to successful property investment. They explain that if investors have the correct mindset, understand their motivation, define their goals and put together an A-Team of experts, they have all the tools to achieve their financial goals. Readers learn: • How to clarify your current financial and personal situation • Why mindset is critical to success • Common investment mistakes & how to avoid them • Why property is still the best way to create wealth, despite current market conditions • How to develop a wealth creation plan to achieve the lifestyle you desire

BLIND SPOTS

By Bec Brideson RRP $27.95 Available from www.amazon.com.au Are you ready for the next global economic disruption? Women offer a lucrative $28 trillion-dollar market, yet they’re underserved, neglected and ignored, despite the fact they drive the majority of our purchases and routinely make or break brands by voting with their wallets.

This book explores the female economy and outlays the definitive methodology and business transformation required to acquire and retain the new lucrative female consumer. Written by gender intelligence pioneer Bec Brideson, she draws upon over 25 years in advertising to provide a ground-breaking framework for futurefocused businesses who are done debating gender, and are ready for profit and action. Readers learn how to:

JONAR & KITTY

By Bobbie Richardson RRP $ 15.95 Available from all good book stores

What if Earth is connected to other dimensions and realities where animals can talk and different beings exist? What if everybody on Earth holds the secret to connect to these other realities?

In the new age children’s fiction book, Jonar & Kitty: The Timekeepers Void author and illustrator Bobbie Richardson has crafted an enchanting tale that draws the reader into the true beginnings of a new world full of magic.

We follow the story of Jonar & Kitty, two teenagers who don’t fit into the system but find each other on the same path - a path that takes them through a porthole to a new reality, full of magical beasts and animals that can talk, mysterious lagoons and lost souls. A reality that always existed and needs their help.

Supported by a series of imaginative illustrations from Bobbie Richardson, Jonar & Kitty is an original and enjoyable adventure for YA readers.

• Single out a competitive advantage in a volatile, slow-growth market • Bridge the gap between gender nuance and commercial gain • Leverage authentic insights into a long-term, loyal relationship Filled with case studies across various industries, practical tools and a lavish design, Blind Spots shows how to tap into the modern female market and reap the financial benefits before your competitors do.

PROPERTY FINANCE MADE SIMPLE

By Andrew Crossley RRP $ 24.99 Available from www.amazon.com.au

For many home buyers the process of obtaining finance can be a daunting task, particularly as rules around lending changes.

So, how can you be prepared and ensure you get the best loan for your property type?

In the new book best-selling author and property advisor Andrew Crossley has written a thorough guide to obtaining property finance, empowering readers in any stage of life with the knowledge to make informed decisions. Drawing upon years of industry experience, Crossley covers off topics such as the current lending requirements and considerations, how to get a loan, loan serviceability and borrowing capacity, the various loan-to-value ratios available, types of loans you may be eligible for, and the finance options available for different property types. Crossley provides an insider’s guide to finance that helps readers to: • better understand the forces influencing the property and finance industries and how to tackle them • more successfully apply for finance for your first home or next property • put in place key factors to positively impact on your loan application • reduce the risk to the cost of debt and your exposure to debt

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THE ART GARDEN

By Penny Harrison & Penelope Pratley RRP $ 24.99 Available from www.ekbooks.org and wherever good books are sold.

A whimsical story about friendship and nurturing our creative flair.

Sadie wants to be a painter, just like her best friend, Tom. She loves playing with colour and finding shapes in unlikely places. But whenever Sadie picks up a paintbrush she makes a big mess.

So instead, she spends her time working in the garden or playing with Tom. But, one day, Sadie gets a look at things from a different perspective — and makes a big discovery about herself and her own creativity. The Art Garden is a whimsical story about friendship and finding our creative flair. It encourages children to explore different ways of expressing themselves and celebrates the importance of individuality and self-acceptance.

Recommended Age Group 4-8 years

On Our Bookshelf

BIOGRAPHY

JOHN ‘PATTO’ PATTERSON

– From Legacy Larrikin to Living Legend

By Trevor Hastings

Book Reviews

RRP $30.00 Available from www.pattobook.com

John Patterson – ‘Patto’ to all who know him – is an all-round gifted horseman, arguably the most respected and wellknown in Victoria. His talents saw him become the state’s pre-eminent horse-breaker, an extraordinarily successful and game-changing competitor at the Royal Melbourne Show, a master teacher, and a distinguished Chief Clerk of the Course for forty-five years.

A Legacy child, at school he excelled most at truancy. Ever the larrikin he was caught stealing from a train at fourteen. But then he moved to Melbourne to become an apprentice jockey and everything changed. His story is one of endurance and grit, passion, generosity and humour.

WELL-BEING

SIMPLE SOULFUL SACRED

By Megan Dalla-Camina RRP $22.99 www.amazon.com.au and wherever good books are sold

Let’s face it, we live in a time where a busy, fast paced existence has become the new normal. Many of us are struggling to find the balance between our personal and professional lives and often lose track of our dreams and the things that matter to us. We’re striving for a definition of success that isn’t necessarily our own, but it doesn’t have to be this way.

Renowned women’s mentor and bestselling author Megan Dalla-Camina draws upon decades of experience helping modern women rise to provide a guidebook for those wanting to learn how to lead a more meaningful, purposeful and soul aligned life. Megan shows readers how to get clear on what you truly want, own your feminine

THE FINE COTTON FIASCO

By Peter Hoysted & Pat Sheil RRP $27.35 Available from www.amazon.com.au

It was the race that stopped the nation – but it wasn’t the Melbourne Cup. Brisbane, 1984.

It all started with a simple plan to secretly swap a mediocre horse with a faster one, and rake in the cash with a few well-placed bets.

What could possibly go wrong?

The story of Fine Cotton is the stuff of Australian legend. It features hardcore crims, likeable rouges and a supporting cast that ranged from the hapless to the hopeless – with some entirely innocent bystanders thrown in for good measure.

power and claim what’s sacred.

Written with the time-poor reader in mind, the book includes 200 short-form chapters which explore themes of simplicity, livelihood, wellbeing, comfort, soulfulness, consciousness, courage, sacredness, womanhood and sovereignty – all too often lost in the busyness and distractions of daily life.

FASHION FASHION & FLEMINGTON

By Various Leading Journalists RRP $29.99 Available from books.slatterymedia.com

Coinciding with 50 years of Fashions on the Field when produced, this beautiful book celebrates the unique and long-established link between the Melbourne Cup Carnival and style.

Written by leading journalists, the book explores the fun and flamboyance of fashion at Flemington through engaging essays, stunning photography and reflections from industry luminaries, including a foreword by iconic Irish hat designer Philip Treacy and an introduction by Australian designer Leona Edmiston.

From the designers and milliners who have shaped today’s racewear to Jean Shrimpton and her little white dress, and the A-list stars–such as Princess Diana and Sarah Jessica Parker–who have joined in the glamorous Cup Carnival party, Fashion & Flemington is a must-have for any fashion and racing enthusiast.

Emily Power - Editor Emily Power is a writer for The Slattery Media Group, the fashion presenter on Network Ten’s Logie award-winning morning program The Circle and a former fashion reporter/editor of the Herald Sun

LIFE AS I KNOW IT

By Michelle Payne RRP $34.99 www.amazon.com.au and wherever good books are sold

The bestselling book, now a major film ‘Ride Like a Girl’. In Life As I Know It, Michelle Payne tells her deeply moving story. It will lift your spirits, stir your heart and give you courage. Michelle was put on a horse aged four. At five years old her dream was to win the Melbourne Cup. At thirty she rode into history as the first female jockey to win the Cup. It was a moment that inspired everyone who dreams of beating the odds.

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Adorn Collection Alison Clark Millinery Ambassador Travel

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Oceania Cruises

99

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Fascinators Direct

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Perri Cutten

IFC

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Fast Track Photography

47, 73

Racing NSW

112

Ascot Hats

108

Harness Racing Victoria

43

Racing QLD

39

Belle Folie Design Studio

108

Harrolds OBC

RSN 92.7 Radio

Hats by Christine

47

Silversea Cruises

21

109

Temelli Jewellery

31

Thoroughbred Breeders Qld

32

T Mix magazine

28

Bendigo Bank

2

Brazilian Beauty

76, 94

Catanach’s Jewellers

3

Hatters Millinery Supplies Magic Millions

7

Crazy Teapot

108

Marilyn Van Der Berg Millinery

109

Dezingnz by Maree

109

Metabolic Health Clinic

69

Victoria Racing Club

12, 16, 22, 23, 26, 87

5

Elektra Life

59

Moonee Valley Racing Club

10

Wendy Scully Millinery

Erika Boutique

13

Mornington Race Club

29

Northam Race Club

71

Eva Airways

IBC

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